Word: instead
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Democratic-style program of federal medical aid to the aged instead of the "unsound" Republican Administration plan, a voluntary program that relies on state administration...
...Instead of the expected diplomatic evasion, old Ben-Gurion admitted that Eichmann had indeed been tracked down in Argentina and surreptitiously taken to Israel. To compound this admission, the Israeli Premier then proceeded to add some flagrantly unbelievable details. Having first announced that Eichmann had been found by "Israeli security services," he now insisted that the Nazi's captors were merely "volunteers," with no official status. Furthermore, it was not really a kidnaping at all. When the volunteers found Eichmann, said the Israeli note, he had "spontaneously" agreed to go to Israel to stand trial...
...much broader, more accurate sampling, showed that the U.S. last year put up 1,530,000 nonfarm housing units v. the 1,380,000 previously reported. The new statistics also make a less cheering point. They showed that building so far in 1960 is down 22% from last year instead of 19%. The drop in housing starts this April, as compared to April 1959, was 24% instead of 22%, confirming the complaints of many U.S. builders that they have been hurting worse than the statisticians believed...
Like the rest of Idlewild's buildings, Pan American's is designed to speed and pamper the often delayed and neglected air passenger. Instead of wrestling with swinging doors, the passenger enters the building through an 89-ft.-wide opening, which has an air curtain to keep out the weather. He puts his luggage on a conveyor, which speeds it on and off the scales, scoots it to the baggage area. Six 12-ft. electronic boards flash the latest flight information...
...companies that have potential earning power and whose s tock is selling for less than the company's book value. He also likes to find a company with cash in the till to help pay the purchase cost. Evans never merges his company with others through stock swaps, instead buys the other company's stock and retires it, thus increasing the value of the purchasing company's stock. Per-share value of Porter stock increased from $9.32 in 1950 to $49.43 last year...