Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gross Tonnage: 53,000 tons v. 80,000 plus for the Queens...
Courtland S. Gross--Vice-president, general manager and director, Lockheed Allcraft Corporation...
According to Ernest W. Gross, publicity director, the existence of complete records of past reunions helped greatly. But he pointed out that there were two ways to run a reunion--follow what everyone else did, or innovate. "We did a little of both," he said, "keeping what we liked and throwing in more stuff as we thought...
...sits behind, often with a baby in her lap. Scooters have also spawned Italy's biggest new postwar industry. The 517,456 scooters turned out since war's end already outnumber Italy's autos. This year the industry will turn out another 300,000 for a gross of around $75 million...
...Grind. The world's demand for Leicas proved greater than ever, despite the rise of formidable imitators abroad. Leitz stepped up employment to 5,000, production to 4,000 Leicas per month, 25% more than prewar, and its gross to $12.5 million. Leitz keeps many operations on a handwork basis simply to provide jobs. This, plus heavy taxes, has kept profits below prewar levels, but even so, Leitz made enough last year to finance a new $950,000 building at Wetzlar and the Canadian plant, which may expand Leitz's total capacity by 15%. At Midland, Leitz plans...