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Billion-Dollar Angel. This left only one other possibility: find a big, money-making angel outside the auto industry who wants to get into carmaking. The rescuer could take over S-P in a stock swap, use its losses to offset its own profits while pumping in enough money to keep S-P going. By 1960, auto economists figure on a 10 million car market-big enough to support even a small producer...
...result, not the cause of the disease." Researcher Blumenthal's next step is finding out what chemical substances the body builds to keep artery walls elastic; already he has seen a few irregular cases of high blood pressure where the body created new elastic material to offset abnormal wear and tear, notably in coronary arteries. After Blumenthal and his aides isolate the elastic substance, they will concentrate on developing a man-made elastic to compensate for the ravages of stress on man's body lifelines...
...Well, I concede that things are pretty well stacked against me, apparently," said Estes modestly, "but I have been receiving an awful lot of requests from rankand-file people to enter. I will have to evaluate whether I have enough rank-and-file strength to offset the big bloc of political strength which has gotten behind Mr. Stevenson...
...most of the fringe benefit recommendations the Committee has quite fairly balanced financial needs and justified the proposals by citing the valuable features that offset any objections (as enumerated in yesterday's editorial), With its peculiarly stubborn disadvantages, the scholarship plan is highly objectionable. Although it is largely justified on the basis of need, it is not set up on that principle. The plan gives no consideration to a professor's income in granting a scholarship to his child, although he may receive money from private holdings, such as pay for outside work, the publication of books, etc. Also...
...value of this plan in attracting the best men to the profession is also partially offset by the fact highly qualified young men are most concerned over how much they can make immediately after entering the profession. Because they often have heavy debts upon completion of setting up a home in a new community, junior faculty members are not particularly heartened by the prospect of luxury during later life...