Word: cheer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Outside of the good overall earnings, there were few surprises and little to cheer about. Biggest surprise: a good many utilities, whose outlook for increased earnings was supposedly hopeless-their gross business is stable, their costs, on the rise-managed to squeak out a little more net income. Most notable were Wendell Willkie's ex-company. Commonwealth & Southern, with a six months' net of $7,331,000, its best showing in more than ten years; and New York's huge, over-bonded Consolidated Edison, whose $5,869,000 net for the second quarter was almost 25% above...
...much larger following than they now have. We can all afford an hour and a half away from the books. Let's get out there and support the boys who think enough of their classes to represent them on the ball diamond. They also serve who only sit and cheer...
...telling criticism of the Roosevelt Administration, its most cogent plea for States' rights. He urged the G.O.P. to take the lead in international planning. From the start, he occupied the conference's leading role: once a group of 200 Ohio officeholders waited outside for two hours to cheer him when he emerged...
When Sir Walter arrived in Moscow last week the papers called him "Tovarish." Theatergoers stood up to cheer when they saw Trade Union Chief Shvernik steer him into a box to watch a performance of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina...
...into war work. The shift has been unprofitable, from the management view. Payrolls have risen sharply, but earnings are down. Recently Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., biggest U.S. maker of pianos, reported a net profit of $1.63 per share for the last fiscal year, way under the $2.48 of 1941. Only cheer for manufacturers: the thousands of new piano players should make for the greatest market in their history...