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Word: standardize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seems as though the B.U. meet each December is Record Smashing Night at Briggs Cage. Last year seven meet marks and numerous other standards fell, and this season's clash was even better. The score for the evening: three Harvard records, four University indoor marks, four Cage standards, four varsity meet records, a freshman Cage standard, and three freshman meet marks...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Team Crushes B.U., 81-28; Doten, Nichols Set New Standards | 12/17/1959 | See Source »

Kerr, a partner in the Chicago investment house of Bacon, Whipple & Co., told the bankers that those "who know the invariable wisdom of balanced budgets, of stable money and of sound debt management must be moved to use every means to convince the people of this country that their standard of living and the freedom of their daily lives are at stake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Needed: A Balanced Budget | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Mosteller, summarizing his analyses, begun in 1941 and resumed last summer, described how he struck on the key-word method after standard techniques, such as sentence length and number of repeated adjectives, nouns, etc. had proven unsatisfactory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Statistician Identifies Federalist Authors | 12/10/1959 | See Source »

...countries such as India, Indonesia, and China, the increase in population has, in many case, lowered the standard of living more rapidly than technological improvements have raised it. To maintain the same standard of living with a three per cent annual population growth--a figure exceeded by many of these countries--twelve per cent of the national income should be invested. These countries, however, cannot afford both to raise living standards and feed millions of new citizens. At some point, the vicious circle of low investment, low living standards, and high birth rates must be broken...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Birth Among Nations | 12/9/1959 | See Source »

Japan has broken this spiral with a vigorous eight year program of birth control. Although it has the greatest population density in Asia, Japan enjoys the highest standard of living and s stable population. Similar programs in India, Communist China, and Pakistan have failed, however, due both to political pressure and lack of public interest. Unless some vigorous program is effected, the fears of the State Department maybe realized; a large, underfed populace provides suitable material for revolution...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Birth Among Nations | 12/9/1959 | See Source »

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