Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gross National Product, like an electrocardiogram on the nation's economic heartbeat, condenses on one graph the pulsations of the whole U.S. economy. Last week the President's Council of Economic Advisers strapped their electrodes to the economy for another G.N.P. measurement of all goods and services produced in the U.S. The reading: in the third quarter of 1955 the U.S. had the highest Gross National Product in history-an annual rate of $392 billion-up $7 billion. This means that goods and services worth $2,376 were produced, on the average, for every man, woman and child...
Rodgers & Hammerstein premeditated their killing carefully, and the screen version of Oklahoma!, which cost $12 million to make and distribute, seems sure to knock 'em dead in numbers perhaps without precedent-some observers are already predicting a $75 million gross. At least on the billboards, this dollarpalooza has everything that the Broadway musical had, along with Eastman Color, famous names, and a technique called Todd-AO-a brand-new, giant-screen process all its own. Oklahoma! will run at advanced prices (from $1.50 to $3.50) in 50 cities from coast to coast before it is distributed through regular channels...
...elder Porsche died in 1951, but sales continued to climb under the direction of son Ferry, a square-faced man of 46 who owned his first sports car at age 12. Last year he produced 1,908 cars - including some 1,000 exported to the U.S. - for a thumping gross...
...heavy loss to the company. According to trade gossip, Curtis' new magazine, Bride-To-Be, first published in July, has been left waiting at the church although Curtis Vice President Benjamin Allen said last week: "For a quarterly, it is going pretty well." Though Curtis lifted its gross 2% to $90,650,000 for the first half of 1955, its net profit tumbled 33% to $2,500,000. The drop, explained Curtis, was caused by heavier outlays for promotion, rising costs of production, and increased volume discounts to heavy advertisers. Curtis hopes that the changes will reverse the trend...
...travelers, the airplane is fast becoming almost as familiar as the family car. In 1955 scheduled domestic airlines will gross an estimated $1.1 billion, flying 35 million passengers 20 billion miles, 20% more than last year's alltime record. A few years hence, airmen predict, the fast-growing airlines will push out railroads as the No. 1 public means of mass travel. As a result, U.S. civil air policy, as laid down by the Civil Aeronautics Board, is undergoing a radical change. Once CAB nursed along the fledgling industry by spoon-feeding it Government subsidies and holding back competition...