Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With taxation at 33% of the gross national product (compared with 20% in the U.S.), a compensating increase in revenue is out of the question. What cuts can be made? The social-welfare budget is an obvious choice for surgery, but with the left-wing members dominating the Assembly, no government could survive an attack on this. Last year Premier Pinay made a success by slashing long-term investments, but the gain was temporary, the loss to industry permanent...
...singing commercials made his name a California gag. Red Skelton, Bing Crosby and others kidded his commercials, the University of Southern California rooting section spelled out his name at halftime, and soldiers at Santa Ana Camp marched into chow singing "MUNTZ, that's Muntz." And his gross jumped from $150,000 to $1,000,000 a month. Dissatisfied with car design, he put out his own custom-built sports car, still makes 100 a year...
...Medical evidence confirmed that he had sex relations with Victims 5, 6 and 7. The case for the defense had been made: Christie was that rare and unhappy human monster, a necrophile. With the evidence of a psychologist who swore that Christie's crimes were the result of "gross hysteria," the defense counsel aimed for a jury verdict of "Insane...
...this after discovering that he could make the primroses droop or rise by controlling their moisture and temperature. The movie was such a success that Ott quit his bank job, built big new greenhouses, installed cameras and elaborate timing mechanisms to work them. In four years his gross has risen from...
...Gross national product in 1952 totaled 125.6 billion Deutsche marks ($30 billion), up 10% from...