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...offset research orientation, Pusey has said he will rely on "a dissenting voice on behalf of the College" and this is where Monro comes into the picture. The Dean of the College traditionally attends the meetings of the Committee on Educational Policy, but where past College deans have in many cases been considered primarily to be administrators, Monro is also known as a source of ideas. Even if Ford's voice in College affairs will be a little less omnipotent than was Bundy's, Ford will still have another, hitherto undiscussed responsibility; and it is a responsibility whose importance...
...more than $250 million) has lately seen more than 10% of the German detergent market grabbed off by Colgate and Procter & Gamble, who have been spending twice as much on advertising as Germans normally do. Konrad Henkel, who shares control of his company with eleven relatives, believes he can offset U.S. advertising with German science, is steadily automating his plants, and has his chemists working with textile makers to develop fibers that will get cleaner quicker with Henkel detergents...
James S. Duesenberry, professor of Economics, thought the Administrative "may have to take positive action" to offset the decline in investment. For instance, he said, Congress could be "more enthusiastic" about the investment credits contained in the current tax bill
...call her at 9 a.m., she'd show up at noon. Now you call her in May - she shows up in October. We should be able to kick out an actress, have Piper Laurie warming up, and get on with it." Hollywood has offset the vampirous at tacks of its stars by profiting heavily from overseas production, closing down local studios, and cutting back on film schedules. Rome, London and Tokyo now lead Hollywood as film-making centers...
...expenses, raise money on a mortgage, sell 'Tom' into perpetual slavery, stop smoking for a year, give up tea, coffee and sugar, dispense with bread, meat, garden sass and such like luxuries-and then come and hear Jenny Lind." She sang Mozart, Weber, and Meyer beer, offset by such additional items as Comin' Through the Rye and The Last Rose of Summer. Presenting a little-known song from an opera called Clari, she immortalized Home, Sweet Home. Her voice spanned nearly three octaves, top ping out at G above high C. Her high F-sharp was pure...