Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fictions, there can .be no rational basis for living, a judgment that recalls Camus' point: the only philosophical question is suicide. "I subsist and act insofar as I am a raving maniac," Cioran writes. "It is by undermining the idea of reason, of order, of harmony, that we gain consciousness of ourselves...
...General Motors, first of the Big Three in annual sales, ranked last in terms of profits gained. Whereas Chrysler Corp. reported a 75% jump, G.M. managed only a 4% gain. Ford Motor Co.'s net went up 28% ($187 million v. $146 million) on improved sales...
...Standard Oil Co. (California) showed record second-quarter earnings of $116.8 million ($1.44 per share), up from 1967's $107.8 million ($1.33 per share). Chairman O. N. Miller attributed the 8% gain to a 15% jump from 1967's pace of 1,807,500 bbl. daily, plus a "continued strong upward trend" in chemical-sales revenues...
...Zenith Radio Corp. reported tripled second-quarter earnings on sales that exceeded the previous year's by 40%. Net income rose to $6.3 million from $2.3 million on sales that soared from $111.4 million to $155.5 million. Chairman Joseph S. Wright and President Sam Kaplan said that the gain was due to improved sales in both color and black-and-white television, stereos, portable phonographs and radios...
...million. Last week came the most encouraging word yet. During June, the Treasury Department announced, the U.S. enjoyed a net inflow of $213 million worth of gold, the biggest single increase in the nation's bullion reserves in more than four years and the first monthly gain of any kind since last September. The June turnaround brought U.S. gold holdings to $10.68 billion...