Word: grosses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lehigh, Captain Vincent P. Arkins, 4,983 gross tons, owned by U.S. Maritime Commission, flying U.S. flag, lat 8° N, long. 14° W, bearing south along the African coast for Takoradi to pick up manganese ore consigned to U.S. . . . 8:55 a.m. . . . All well...
...much less emphasis on sexual sin and much more emphasis on the social sins that make for injustice, since thoroughgoing religion "is impossible in a society where there is gross inequality of possessions and opportunity...
...Meatlyke ("savory sausage rolls") can be sold at a penny each for a gross profit...
...construction industry (2,400,000 employes, $11,200,000,000 gross) was thrown into turmoil last week by a tough-sounding Washington press handout: the new Supply Priorities & Allocation Board would ban every bit of construction which could not qualify as defense or "essential to the health and safety of the people...
Unlike its big-time competitors, who counted on the foreign market for some 35% of their gross, Republic, which took its exports as just so much gravy, made Westerns, serials, etc. for some 11,000 small-town U.S. cinemas, little cinemas in large towns. This neglected cheap-picture market netted Republic a modest $500,000 last year, promises to do much better...