Word: developing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stock in a company is like a vote of approval, having nothing, or very little, to do with earning capacity. Similarly, to sell a stock is an act of contempt." This is why widows are often reluctant to sell stock that their husbands purchased. "It is not that they develop a sudden respect for his judgment-a respect never manifest in his lifetime. It is that they liked him in spite of his poor judgment, and are reluctant to break the personal ties...
...problems confronting any organization trying to develop a textbook service for undergraduates are obvious enough. The first question is one of space; perhaps realistic consideration of such a service must await the establishment of a student union, with recreation, study and snack facilities as well. Then too, certain texts are made obsolete by new editions or changing course needs; whoever undertakes the project must do some thoughtful consulting with professors in the heavily-populated lower level courses, and must know something about the second-hand book trade...
...model has a fingertip on-off control. It can turn up to 100,000 revolutions per minute and come to a dead stop in a fraction of a second. Its carbide burs will drill a neat hole or, if moved sideways, work like a power saw. The burs develop no heat as they drill or slice swiftly through bone...
...housewives that the stamp people claim that 90% of American homes are saving up for "free" gifts. It is a rare grocer who can afford not to give out stamps with purchases. Nonetheless, Minneapolis Businessman Curtis L. Carlson was nagged by the fact that present trading-stamp plans develop "store loyalty" but do nothing for "product loyalty." Carlson, 48, who built Gold Bond into one of the nation's leading trading stamps, had just the solution: let the manufacturers give away stamps too, so that the housewife can collect two sets of stamps-one at the grocery shelf...
...other statements on federal aid to education, that "for the long-range health of our universities one can hope that individuals in positions of power in the federal government who seem now to be on fire to advance only the special missions of health, defense, and space, will develop greater awareness of the basic importance of education, especially higher education, and with it, a broader understanding of its full reach, and of the importance of its many varieties...