Word: gained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...certain, has fought a harder fight for health or been more cruelly defeated. As a child Yoshihito was as delicate as was the late U. S. President Roosevelt in his infancy. For a time it seemed that the great care taken of his health and his determination to gain strength by exercise and prudent dieting would succeed. He was given his own palace and a staff of medical experts who devoted their entire time to his care. At eight years of age he had grown strong enough to attend the Japanese School of Peers, where the faculty were enjoined...
Usually the income is insufficient. The ambitious builder is forced to construct anew to gain some funds which he may divert to pay defaults on the first building...
Railroads drew the attention of investors last week. Forty roads have made reports of their July incomes. Their net earnings total $76,952,620, practically 30% more than the $59,620,046 of July, 1925. It is also a gain of 9.5% over the net earnings of last June. Therefore it is probable that, when all the U. S. carriers have made their reports, their net July earnings will aggregate $120,000,000. (In July, 1925, the net earnings of all were...
...fortnight ago on the 2,555-mile Ford Reliability Tour around a rough quadrangle cornered by St. Paul, Lincoln, Neb., Cincinnati and Cleveland (TIME, Aug. 9). Each entry had been rated according to its fuel consumption, manageability, carrying power, and other qualities, leaving it up to the pilots to gain further points by good speed and navigation in getting from point to point. Not a great deal of figuring was needed to award first prize to Pilot Walter Beach and his Wright-motored Travel Air No. 2. With perfect equipment, and higher speed than most, he had been able...
...dividend. This reached almost 3,000,000 shares, makes the present capitalization about 9,000,000 (at current Stock Exchange prices, worth $1,800,000,000,* upon which 1¾% dividends will be paid beginning Sept. 11. The E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. and its stockholders will gain most. They hold somewhat more than 25% of General Motors stock...