Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...apologize for a letter he wrote to the editors of The Crimson that was widely perceived as anti-Semitic. At the time, former Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Coordinating Council Chair Daniel J. Libenson '92 called for Counter to resign from his Foundation post, describing the director's behavior as "gross professional misconduct" that amounted to "the biggest blow to race relations at Harvard" in recent memory...
...industry the big question is what role the three amigos will play in the Wasserman rumpus with the Japanese. In 1990 Matsushita spent $6.6 billion on MCA, whose prime asset is Spielberg. Since 1982, five of the six Universal films to gross at least $100 million at the domestic box office (E.T., Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Jurassic Park and The Flintstones) have come from Spielberg's Amblin. Another Spielberg film, Schindler's List, | earned $96 million and a slew of Oscars. Universal Studios Florida, the company's pricey rival to Walt Disney World...
...weight to be water, which consumers pay for as if it were meat. "When it comes to chicken," says Jack Leighty, a retired director of the USDA's pathology division, "water is big business." So big, in fact, that Tyson alone would lose about $40 million in annual gross profits if the 8% rule were repealed. One study has shown that cross-contamination can be eliminated simply by placing the carcasses in sealed plastic bags during the chilling stage. That measure, however, would halt water absorption...
Edward F. Mulkerin III's column from Monday, October 3 ("Confi's Take on Coles") was an interesting and amusing insight to what some of our classes would be like if Robert Coles '50 were successful in incorporating community service into the curriculum. However, Mr. Mulkerin has a gross misperception of what service would really mean if integrated into the curriculum...
Stocks and bonds fell sharply on Thursday as investors shied away from the markets, possibly because of fears of rising inflation and interest rates. The Commerce Department reported that the gross domestic product grew at a 4.1 percent rate in the second quarter. That was revised upward from a previous estimate of 3.8 percent growth and was much higher than analysts had expected. In addition, the Labor Department reported that there were 11,000 fewer new claims for state unemployment benefits last week -- another sign of growing business activity that could signal increased inflation. In response, the Dow Jones industrial...