Word: deficit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...directors of the College Entrance Examination Board this month was productive of two conclusions that evoke interest in those who are not too busy practising on the high burdles to remember the low ones. For the first time in its career the treasury of the Board shows a deficit, due to the increased cost of examination. The fee remains $10, while the cost per candidate of examination has risen from $7.98 to $11.11. The deficit is to be made up by the sale of the Board's publications, a possible increase in the fee, and most significant...
...that the largest subscription sale in the Company's history has brought the average of seat sales up to approximately 80% for the five regular series, that the Saturday matinees are sold out. It is hoped that the new Sunday series will do much to decrease the annual deficit of nearly $400,000, that the radio programs will develop interest at home and in the cities to be visited between late January and May; that next season or the one after, will see a new Chicago opera house...
...Boston Symphony, opened its fourth season under Serge Koussevitzky, gave two worthy catholic programs - Stravinsky, Debussy, Brahms, Berlioz, Bach-Schonberg, Richard Strauss, de Falla. "This year," read a foreword in the program book, "owing to increased expenses the deficit is likely to be $85,000, and we ask all those who are anxious to see these concerts continue to subscribe towards the deficit." Figures showed the operating expenses increased by $32,696; the gross income $717,886; the gross expenditure...
Overproduction, lack of organization, and the increasing competition of substitutes for lumber were outlined by Professor de Haas as some of the contributing causes to the deficit in the lumber industry. "Every lumber mill will need a chemical plant for converting waste products into profitable commodities in the future," said Professor de Haas...
...budgetary deficit, which figured that year at £40,000,000 [about $200,000,000], has been brought down to some £8,000,000 [about $40,000,000], and is rapidly dwindling to vanishing point...