Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eleven years Guy Lombardo's band has been picked by 700 U.S. radio editors as the top sweet band on the air. The Royal Canadians gross nearly a million dollars a year, have cut 500 phonograph discs. Last year the Royal Canadians were acclaimed by Orchestra World for introducing more song hits (250) than any other band. Some 30 were written by Brother Carmen-among them Confucius Say, Coquette, Oh, Moitle and Boo-Hoo (BooHoo, I'll tell my mama on you, the little game that you played has made her baby oh! so blue). Downbeat a trade...
...less than 5% of the planes built in 1944. Spokesman Baker said that the industry would make between 325 and 475 transport planes a year, and 20,000 to 45,000 small planes for private flyers. From these two sources, the industry would get a maximum gross of $295,000,000 annually. But, butted Dr. Baker: this was nowhere near enough. To keep the military aircraft potential from rusting away, the Government must buy a minimum of 3,000 planes a year, at a cost...
There were few catastrophes, chiefly because the drop in gross income after V-J day was often balanced by the drop in taxes. And many a company, notably those selling consumer goods, was still coasting along on the momentum of the war boom. But if earnings reports were reasonably cheery, they were also often deceptive...
...architect, and the time-honored formula for an untimely finish seems to be already well into its second stage where TIME is concerned. The formula is: first, Success, then, Arrogance, then Downfall. I refer to an all too arrogant falsehood in the piece, which was not only a gross misrepresentation of my sentiments but proving in black & white that TIME can be a reckless liar...
...stockholders would suffer no financial loss. In exchange for their bank stock, which pays a whopping 12% on its nominal value of $58,212,000 (it has a much higher market value), they would be given $232,848,000 in 3% Government obligations. This adds up to the same gross annual return...