Word: welled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Commerce's Schmidt pointed out that the postwar economy has averaged a recession, or at least a leveling in growth, every 30 months. But the steel strike was itself a recession; therefore, the normal setback that might have been expected has been delayed, and business should be good well into...
...coming up fast. In 1948 the U.S. had only $115 million invested in Australia; today the kitty amounts to $670 million, and the forecast is for $1 billion in U.S. capital by the end of 1960. All told, 880 U.S. firms now do business in Australia. How well they do is evident from the statistics: a ten-year profit of $477 million, or better than 400% realized on the original 1948 investment...
...times as much space.) As ground bait in the chilling stream of philosophic speculation, the publishers have sprinkled 500 illustrations, half of them in color, through this volume. From Thales (circa 624-546 B.C.), about whom little is known, to Whitehead and Wittgenstein, both of whom the author knew well, Russell tells something of the life as well as the ideas of the hundred-odd philosophers who have helped to make the mind of the West. Says he: "The current trend towards more and fiercer specialisms is making men forget their intellectual debts to their forbears...
...York. He shows that the effort of Negroes and Puertan Ricans toward social and economic integration has precedents in the experiences of other immigrant groups. But because of the color bar and economic factors, these newcomers have failed to integrate into the life of the city as well as their predecessors...
...freshman football team produced several individual standouts this season but was never able to function as a well-balanced unit for any length. Even so, Henry Lamar's eleven was able to finish with a respectable 3-3 record...