Word: gross
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SYMPATHY. To seem not to be affected with the joy of our companions is but want of politeness; but not to wear a serious countenance when they tell us their afflictions, is real and gross inhumanity...
...Total Fitness, Morehouse & Gross...
...private distributors are successful, the Postal Service will sink into much deeper trouble. The private carriers would take away business in cities and suburbs, where high volume makes it easier to turn a profit, and leave to the Postal Service the rural, low-population areas, which are gross money losers. The prospect would be a never-ending spiral of higher rates, lower volume and deteriorating service. As rates went up, more customers would flee, and rates would have to go up again...
...country has already in effect mortgaged much of its eventual oil income by borrowing abroad to maintain today's living standards. A big slice of the oil money will be swallowed by repayment of foreign borrowings, which last year equaled a startling 5% of Britain's gross national product...
...Total Fitness, Morehoose & Gross...