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Wilson laid the groundwork for future economic reforms, he stated. "Collective bargaining, equalizing of funds, graduated income tax, and the Federal Reserve System, were elements of Wilson's economic policy which show that he went far beyond the merely negative policy of trying to resume competition," the leading Keynesian economist concluded...
Representatives from the Drama group have contacted several leading stage personalities, among them Miss McKenna. Such work is necessary for the groundwork in a theatrical series. However, Hunt said "all plans concern possibilities and nothing more...
...nonprofit, nonpartisan institution has had a profound effect on government and the economy, has helped shap-national policy under both Democratic and Republican administrations. Brookings' experts laid the groundwork for present-day government accounting procedures, worked out the present system of congressional apportionment, produced the first U.S. budget under Budget Director Charles Gates Dawes. The institution also serves as a lending library of specialized technical talent. Brookings' staffers and alumni of its graduate school have advised virtually every executive agency and congressional committee in Washington on subjects ranging from highways to health insurance. When the President...
...Groundwork for the coup was laid six months ago, when Teleradio (subsidiary of General Tire & Rubber Co.) paid Industrialist Howard Hughes $25 million for RKO Radio Pictures and RKO's well-stocked film library (TIME, Aug. 1, 1955). In December, O'Neil got back more than half the investment by selling television and foreign rights on 740 feature-length movies, almost all RKO owns, and some 1,000 short films to Manhattan's C&C Super Corp. C&C paid $12.2 million in cash and agreed to pay $3,000,000 more over the next two years...
...nine-man student committee met yesterday to lay the groundwork for the College's first Inter-House Debate League. The debating group made up of all the Houses including Dudley, is scheduled to begin formal competition next semester...