Word: proportionately
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Since the basis for computing the index was revised ten years ago, there has been a great change in the income and spending habits of the U.S. consumer, said Clague. The average family income has risen from $1,500 to nearly $3,000. As a result families now spend a...
This week BLS field workers and economists are hard at work collecting figures on consumer buying in seven test cities to see which new items should be put in the index. Clague has already decided to add frozen foods, home permanents, television sets (one family in three in cities where...
This fall, Ivy League newspapers have begun to grumble about the fraternity system. Autumn is the rushing season for most fraternities; sophomores wander from house to house, shake hands with prospective brothers, examine the paddles on the wall, and then sit back and wait. At a school like Dartmouth, less...
Nor is social life the only, or even the main facet of undergraduate life in Ithaca. Over 235 student organizations prosper on the campus. Among the most vocal among these are the political clubs which represent about the same proportion of Republicans to Democrats to far leftists as is extant...
At Illinois' Monmouth College (enrollment: 740) the chemistry courses of 69-year-old Professor William S. Haldeman are a campus legend. Even an apathetic student is apt to find that he wants to learn more & more about chemistry. And a good proportion of his classmates can count on becoming...