Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Social committee members say that the backer, businessman James Adler, can expect to gross about $400,000 from tickets, which would probably be sold to area college students. The details of the concert--which would likely be held in Harvard Stadium--will be worked out with University officials if they approve it, social committee members said...
...Speculation is rising that if President Ferdinand Marcos does not step down voluntarily, he will be forced out. Marcos' troubles have made it difficult for him to deal firmly with the Philippines' runaway government deficit, which now totals close to 4% of the country's gross national product...
...most Americans, the horrifying thing about the news from Lebanon was the number of Marines lost, the gross body count. But for more than 200 sets of loved ones, the Beirut explosion was only incidentally a massacre; for them, one particular casualty-the son, husband, brother, buddy-made the week's bad news an ordeal. The families and friends of four victims spoke with TIME last week...
...struggle is all the more intense because retailers expect 1983's fall and Christmas selling seasons to bring to a rousing conclusion the best year they have had since 1979. The recovery is continuing to steam along. Last week the Commerce Department reported that the gross national product grew at a healthy annual rate of 7.9% from July through September, down just a bit from the 9.7% pace during the second quarter. Consumer spending jumped 1.5% in September, fueled by a .9% increase in personal income. Says Marshall Field Chairman Philip Miller: "A lot of pent-up buying...
...Winthrop House, students haggle over the admissions price of their Dartmouth party. On the one hand, with 15 kegs on tap, the House stands to gross a lot from the pockets of the Green machine tanking across campus in search of a good party, and three dollars is the price to take advantage of this. Opponents argue that the price would drive Harvard students to other parties at the River, and give Winthrop the reputation of overcharging for their dances. The capitalists eventually...