Word: gross
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dangers of overexposure, he for bids the group to make television appearances and insists on a year's delay between albums. Because Grant himself acts as booking agent and guarantees to split any losses with concert promoters, Led Zeppelin keeps for itself a whopping 90% of gross profits, compared with 50% other groups. Last year's 34-city Zeppelin tour of the U.S., arranged by Grant, earned an estimated $4 million for the group. To sweeten those figures-and his own income, estimated at $500,000 a year or more-the mammoth manager last week announced the birth...
...After a day of reading, however, the Republican mood began to change. As Democratic Leader Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill of Massachusetts noted, on Wednesday "not one man took the floor" to laud Nixon. In fact, many Republicans were profoundly shaken by what they learned. Conservative Republican Congressman H.R. Gross of Iowa concluded that the documents "do prove conclusively that Mr. Nixon made many misleading statements to the American people on his knowledge of the Watergate cover-up." Gross also found "an amazing lack of ethical sensitivity in the office of the presidency." Similarly, Republican Senator Robert W. Packwood...
...Chicago cinema eleven weeks ago, falling into the arms of Theater Manager Larry Watts. The couple were married last week. Still under the spell of The Exorcist, the bride wore the same suit she had collapsed in. Director William Friedkin, perhaps hoping to swell the movie's gross of over $19 million so far, made an appearance as best...
Considering how painfully little is written about the Holocaust or its survivors, your article "A Survivor of the Holocaust" (May 2) would seem like a welcome contribution. Unfortunately, it is so filled with allusions, distorted generalizations and unsubstantiated evidence that it is a gross injustice. To label it a "Scrutiny" is an offense to the word...
Nevertheless, as much as I can understand the motives for bending history a bit here and there, I have to admit I was disappointed to read the gross manhandling of the truth in one part of the Crimson story, "Strikers from '69: Five Years Later" (April 19, 1974). My former Social Studies tutee, Mark Dyen, is quoted telling a tale that is simply not true. In addition it is a gratutitous insult against several police officers who were acting quite responsible...