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...just recovering, the Young Turks revolted. Then came the Balkan Wars, World War I, the Kemal Ataturk revolution of the '20s, and the Great Depression. By 1944, when Ballantine's able predecessor, Floyd Black, took over, the college was $500,000 in debt. Only by the most stringent economies-"prowling about the halls," recalls one professor, "turning off lights, or more likely, unscrewing the bulbs so nobody else could turn them on"-was Black able to get Robert nearly...
Properly cautious, Miller says: "The rather stringent conditions for a favorable answer seem to be met and strongly suggest the possibility that the two pictographs actually depict . . . the supernova...
...thought, of course, was that what happened to Cutter might have happened to other manufacturers. Said a spokesman for California's Cutter Laboratories: "If Dr. Gebhardt's finding is confirmed by the U.S. Public Health Service, it will be evidence for the need for the new, more stringent safety tests established last week." Meanwhile, a lot of questions about the vaccine's future remained unanswered...
Financing. Money is one of the candidate's major problems, because the law is so stringent about how much can be spent, and how. The 630 constituencies (five more than last time because of population changes) average about 50,000 registered voters. A candidate in an average rural constituency may spend only $2,450, an urban candidate about $2,150. The agent's fee comes out of this; so do all printing costs (a campaign address, or opening statement, must be printed, enveloped and sent to every voter), headquarters' rent and similar expenses. The candidate himself...
...result of the new plan which will take effect in the 1956-57 academic year, there will be fewer electives and more required courses. Furthermore, entrance requirements will be more stringent, with the emphasis on "intellectual ability...