Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...environment in which men are eager to make new jobs, to acquire new tools of production." Faith & Hope. Last week Ike reported that the contraction had proved mild indeed. Slashed Government spending and private inventory liquidation had dropped a total of $24 billion, but the economy as a whole (gross national product) dipped only $14 billion. Clearly something was holding it up. The U.S., said the President, had followed "policies that inspired widespread confidence on the part of people." And, just as the President hoped they would a year ago, the people took it from there: "Consumers maintained a high...
Then, looking ahead from 1955 to 1965, the President made a prediction which eloquently capped his hearty confidence in the nation's economic health. Within ten years, he said, the gross national product, now $360 billion, will soar over the half-trillion* mark...
BILLION-DOLLAR CLUB will soon have its 27th member: Sinclair Oil Corp., with an estimated 1954 gross income of more than $1 billion and profits of about $74 million, some $6,000,000 better than 1953, and equal to $6 per share...
Asked why they thought as they did, ministers most commonly cited their opinion that Roman Catholics "divinize" Mary. This, says Father Dougherty, is a "product of gross misunderstanding." The church, he points out, distinguishes between latria (the adoration due only to God) and dulia (the reverence appropriate to some creatures). Second commonest reason for Protestant dissent was the belief that Mary was mother of Christ the man, not Christ...
...lure them in, the center will have parking for 8,600 cars, 100 air-conditioned stores, which Puckett estimates will gross $2,000,000 a week. Added attractions: an auditorium seating 500 (for auto shows, square dances, etc.), two six-storied office buildings (one for doctors and dentists), several restaurants, a "Kiddieland," an outdoor ice-skating rink, bowling alleys, a carillon...