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...good our legalism does us in the face of the self-righteous Soviet indignation now feeding into the world press. Our allies and the fence-sitters will stack the two stories against each other and wonder if we're not a police state after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELUSIVE EDITORS | 4/23/1955 | See Source »

...underground stack could eventually fill the entire South-eastern corner of the Yard, housing 2,000,000 volumes. In 1949 the first such structures was finished beneath Lamont, with a 500,000 volume capacity...

Author: By Christopher S. Jeneks, | Title: The Management of 120 Miles of Books | 4/15/1955 | See Source »

...England Library is Metcalf's invention for storing little used books belonging to 11 Boston area libraries. A building behind the Business School holds 250,000 volumes belonging to the University, and an equal number from other libraries. This frees space for 450,000 volumes in the Widener stack...

Author: By Christopher S. Jeneks, | Title: The Management of 120 Miles of Books | 4/15/1955 | See Source »

...this effort. Metcalf has devised a four way censure to crowding the central collection. When he arrived in 1937, there was room for three years growth. Since then he has realized an undergraduate library, a rare book library, a storehouse for little-used books, and the construction of underground stack space...

Author: By Christopher S. Jeneks, | Title: The Management of 120 Miles of Books | 4/15/1955 | See Source »

...measuring his success, IBM's new president must stack himself up against his father's impressive record. Since 1929, IBM sales have jumped an average of 14% each year. On his personal score card, Tom Watson Jr. has done even better, with an average gain of 19% for his three years. It is estimated that IBM's gross this year will hit $500 million, and profits will climb to $56 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Brain Builders | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

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