Word: gross
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American is the biggest both in revenue passenger miles and number of passengers flown, but Pan American has a bigger gross ($205 million last year v. $187 million for American...
While Kem hopes to give oldsters good housing at prices they can afford, he admits that he is not entirely altruistic. If all the houses are sold, Senior Estates will gross a thumping $567,500 on a $170,000 investment. It will also lease out (on a profit-sharing basis) the town's stores, restaurant and movie house. Says Kem: "It's a pretty good deal all the way around. We might make a million bucks being philanthropists...
...last week Klein had 800 employees in plants in Detroit, Oak Park, and Tiffin, Ohio, turning out 50,000 sets a day (retail price: $2.50 and $5.00) for a gross of more than $1,000,000 a month. This week, to meet the demand, he will lease another factory in Paterson, N.J. and add another 400 people to his payroll...
M.I.T. junior varsity: Bow, Baczewski; 2, Theis; 3, Gross; 4, Sterman; 5, O'Brien; 6, Hair; 7, Tuggins; stroke, Neuhaus; Cox, Uchill...
...Brazilian substitute as "good and appropriate . . . in the present circumstances." Sweet, rare unanimity thereupon prevailed for the first time on any matter involving the Korean war. The Assembly's Political Committee was so awed by what happened that it pattered applause. Pleased but unawed, U.S. Delegate Ernest Gross reminded his fellow delegates: "It is easier to compose a resolution than to compose differences...