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...year). No railroad man, Alpert had helped McGinnis win his 1954 proxy fight for control of the New Haven, became a director, has been studying ways to improve the road. He plans to hire an operating boss, said he would buy "a large number" of new diesel locomotives, boost maintenance outlays $3,000,000 in 1956, and run trains on time again. Said he: "Until proper service is accorded to the public, the investors are not entitled to a return on their investment...
...five-year program to boost the reserves of various state finance agencies that issue long-term bonds to help local districts with their school construction...
...editor of the Review of Reviews (1923-30), author (The Hapsburg Monarchy, Vital Peace) and lecturer; in Wootton-by-Woodstock, England. Famed Pundit Steed joined the Times in 1896, served as foreign correspondent in European capitals, was named editor by eccentric Press Tycoon Lord Northcliffe, in an effort to boost the paper's sagging influence. A respected confidant and adviser of world statesmen. Steed predicted the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was among the first to warn of the menace of Hitler's Germany, acted as chief BBC broadcaster on world affairs during World...
This will be the College's third tuition increase in eight years and the fourth since 1929, when the charge stood at $400 a year. Next fall's boost will put Harvard's tuition at approximately the same level as Yale's and Princeton...
Bundy explained that the tuition boost is due to the increasing costs of maintaining College standards and to the Administration's attempt to enhance the financial position of Faculty members. "These factors will result in a sizeable operating deficit for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for this current academic year," Bundy said...