Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...passionate defense of "our team." Italian editors shrieked to highest heaven that the Austrian team had "played foul," that the flag of Italy had not floated over the stadium, and that the Austrian brass band had played the old Italian royal hymn-obviously a gross insult to Fascisti who never sing anything except their own anthem, "Youth! Youth! Springtime of Beauty!" The umpire of the match, an Englishman, disqualified two Italians for roughness. Broken lanyards prevented the hoisting of the Italian flag. The Austrian bandmaster had no Fascist sheet music, supposed that the Italian royal anthem was the correct thing...
...This bear movement was strengthened by the Kolster report which showed, indeed, no deficit, but small earnings. It should not be concluded, however, that Kolster radios sold poorly in 1928 or that its 1928 earnings are indicative of a bad 1929. During 1928, Kolster showed a 43% increase in gross sales, but had so much difficulty in obtaining supplies that its expenses, unduly large, reduced a large gross to a small net. Much more serious, however, were the crop frosts. In Chico (Butte County) 75% of all fruit was estimated to be frost-touched. Damages included 100% of early walnuts...
...sturries, pomes, end ferry tails vot yu'll gonna reeding onder diss cower" writes Mr. Burbig in a foreword, "vas ritten by mine own hends, s'halp me Goldberg." After one has read a few of the "sturries etc" one begins to wonder. Was Milt Gross name originally Goldberg? If not, why does Mr. Burbig invoke that name? For certainly Milt Gross is the patron saint of this book, the captain under whose banner its writer has drawn his pen and whose exploits he endeavors, insofar as in him lies, to emulate...
...credited with being the largest individual oil operator in the world, completed the sale of all his producing lands to the Prairie Oil & Gas Co. These properties-cream of the Seminole, Kay, Kansas, and North Texas fields-yield 34,000 barrels a day, and will bring Prairie's gross daily production up to about 105,000 barrels. They put into Producer Slick's pocket between $50,000 and $60,000 per day. Reports from Tulsa put the sale price at $40,000,000; but Prairie Chairman-of-the-Board W. S. Fitzpatrick said it was less, while refusing...
Radio Corp. of America reported a 1928 gross income from all sources of almost exactly $100,000,000. Net earnings after dividends on preferred were $18,464,603.26, which showed earnings per share...