Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second debate of the season last night in the Union, the Freshman debating team lost to Holy Gross...
...faith of Adolf Hitler." The Cologne Court of Appeals upheld last week the decision of the lower court which recently jail-sentenced a Cologne smart aleck who replied to a greeting of "Heil Hitler!" by saying "Heil London!" According to the Court of Appeals, this is a "gross misdemeanor" like spitting on the Cross...
...Press and Radio ever received from a responsible U. S. body. Grievance of the Tacoma businessmen was the handling by newsgatherers for ink & air of the kidnap-murder of 10-year-old Charles Mattson (TIME, Jan. 18). Sternly the Chamber of Commerce members agreed that newsmen had made "gross mistakes that many people believe may have prevented the return of this child, unharmed," listed what they thought were some of the worst errors...
...since 1930. New Yorkers, 95% male and 50% under 20, responded with a will. They trooped into Grand Central Palace, gaped at 32 planes, milled around 100 exhibition booths, badgered salesmen and demonstrators with questions they could not always answer. With 1936 sales up 85% over 1935 on a gross business of $76,805,000 in ships and parts, U. S. air-crafters beamed on the attendance at last week's National Aviation Show because it showed not only that airline business was up but also that the younger generation of the U. S. is sky-minded as never...
...against $1,000,000. A particularly good sign was that the pace of improvement quickened toward the year's end, Southern Pacific, for example, enjoying the best December in its history. An even better sign for U. S. railroads as a whole was that while the total gross revenue for December was more than 20% below 1929, net income was at 1929 level. The roads had learned to make more profit out of less business...