Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most spectacular gain of all was scored by P. Lorillard's Kent, up 138% to 36 billion cigarettes, just behind Winston. In the overall brand standings, Kent vaulted from tenth to fifth, removed Liggett & Myers' lagging non-filtered Chesterfield from the top five for the first time since World...
...were 34% over the same period in '57. The sales increase was the more encouraging because it came in the midst of freezing weather and snow over much of the U.S.. and at a time when Chrysler production was cut by a strike. Small cars continued to gain speed; American Motors and Studebaker-Packard picked up 6.6% of December sales v. 2.8% last year...
...record or near-record years despite recession. Investors reacted by driving P. Lorillard up 175% to 89 at the high; General Foods went from 50¼ to 79½ Federated Department Stores from 30⅛ to 54¾ Pfizer, Merck. Schering, and Carter Products posted 68% to 114% gains. One spectacular performer riding a recession boom: Zenith Radio hit a high of 208½ for a 209% gain since spring...
...Electronics will do better still, says Motorola Executive Vice President Edward R. Taylor, who forecasts a 13% gain in TV sets, another 9% gain in radios. Biggest jump: the new stereophonic sets, which will climb from 750,000 units in '58 to better than 3,000,000 next year...
Harris doubted that the University would "pass up the chance to gain $250,000 in loan money through the new program." He pointed out, however, that there were "protests about the loyalty pledge rising from quite a number of college faculties...