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...bring home the solidity of the economic advance. The rest of the world had long feared the magnified effect of even a mild U.S. recession. But in 1954 business forged ahead in Britain, West Germany and many another country, despite the brief U.S. downswing. As U.S. indexes turned upward at year's end, the 25-year-old belief that the world was tied to a boom-or-bust economy began to bust. The result, as 1954 ended, was a feeling of firm confidence in the U.S. economy and in dynamic capitalism as an economic way of life. Secretary...
...building, Prudential last week was also finishing up another Midwest headquarters, an $8,000,000 structure in Minneapolis. Both are shining examples of the greatest construction boom the world has ever seen. In Washington, the Commerce and Labor Departments, which had figured 1954 construction at $34 billion, revised estimates upward for the second time, to $37 billion. And the two departments predicted that in 1955 construction will be bigger still-up 7% to $39.5 billion...
There seems little chance that Harvard will follow these announcements with a salary increase of its own. The University granted a $1,000 pay rise to all full and associate professors in November, 1951, and has made gradual adjustments upward since then...
...predicted, and that removed another source of uncertainty about possible future policy changes. And most traders thought that since unemployment seemed to have been a key issue in the campaign, both parties would do everything possible in the next two years to see that the economy maintains its current upward curve. Last week the upswing caused Bethlehem Steel to boost output at its Lackawanna, N.Y. plant to 97% of capacity, highest in a year...
...thirtieth of a second three of the forward seats, one of them with a passenger, moved upward toward the break in the roof. The next row of seats followed close behind. As the "suction wave" raced down the cabin, passengers and seats flew out into space. In two seconds, the scientists figured, the cabin of Yoke Peter must have been empty...