Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kicked out as president of Washington's Warehouse Employees' Local 730 after its treasury was looted by its officers in 1952, Baker joined up with Jimmy Hoffa, went to work in St. Louis for Hoffa Lieutenant Harold Gibbons. Baker's specialty: "belly bumping," i.e., using his gross girth to direct or obstruct picket line traffic...
...Gross national product, as finally calculated for the second quarter, rose to an annual rate of $429 billion, a strong $3.2 billion more than the first quarter's $425.8 billion figure...
...Curtice, who has been more often right than wrong: In 1959 the auto industry will sell about 5,500.000 cars (v. an estimated 4,300,000 in '58), which in turn will "start a chain reaction throughout the whole economy. I should expect a further increase in the gross national product in the fourth quarter, and that this improvement would gather momentum through...
...rise in gross national product from $428 billion to $600 billion. ¶ A rise in households from 50 million to 56 million...
...West Germany's biggest port, 200,000 people cheered wildly last week as the S.S. Hanseatic hove into view, ending its maiden voyage to New York exactly on schedule. For Hamburg and all of West Germany, the voyage was indeed cause for celebration. The newest, biggest (30,029 gross tons), fastest (21 knots) liner under the German flag, the Hanseatic represents a mighty step forward in a mighty comeback for West Germany's merchant marine. For the first time, total tonnage has climbed above prewar levels...