Word: restrictive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the past few decades have gradually brought two new inflationary factors into the U.S.'s economic structure: 1) Big Labor's power to force wages up even when demand is falling, and 2) Big Business' tendency to eliminate price competition, set profitable "administered prices," and restrict cornpetition to quality, styling, service, etc. The combined result, says Burns, is that instead of slipping downward when demand declines, prices tend to hold steady during economic downturns, or even go on creeping upward...
...proud possessors as Kukla, Fran, Ollie and Godfrey. But when, several years ago, Dr. Bergen Evans proved to people that Shakespeare could be fun (or, more accufately, that you could divert people by telling them Shakespeare is fun), the unlimited variations of his theme became apparent. Professors began to restrict their bitter little jokes, and perhaps with an eye to a later surrender, conceded that the medium's effects on the populace was worthy of social study...
Bruce C. Hopper '18, associate professor of Government, said, "Macmillan may have felt that Khrushchev's main motive in the Berlin crisis is to force the West to agree to keep IRBM's out of West Germany." Hopper claimed that the West could afford to restrict missiles with atomic warheads to Britain or France...
...them to beat (with their usual subsidies) Western bloc quotes in export markets hitherto untouched by them; 2) free more money for the U.S.S.R. to lend at less-than-cost interest rates to uncommitted neutrals, thereby winning favor and using them up economically. Yes, trade with the Communists, but restrict the goods to food and consumer items...
...question of political influence is more serious. Many students objected to the Band's share of the charity pie. To combat any massive lobbying from College organization the Council should restrict gifts within the University to PBH. But a flat removal of all charity choices beyond "political" influence is an unwise move. The Combined Charities Drive is a Harvard charities appeal and students should have the opportunity to advocate that legitimate charities of special interest be included. The new Student Council organization provides channels for this sort of request through the House representatives. Until either the new Council...