Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that all men and women in the University could exercise. It was not those who went out for college teams who needed exercise, he thought; it was those of mediocre athletic prowess. There should be more games for more players, he said. Last year, the football team made a gross income of $773, 698.93, a net profit of $476,88.12. greatest in the University's history. All other sports showed losses. Track cost more than $20,000, basketball $12,000, baseball $10,000. As President Little desired, the football money is being spent to pay for the new football stadium...
...Members paid a $500 initiation fee and put up a $5,000 bond as a "guarantee of good faith." Bombing, slugging, sabotage, strike-fomenting and other standard methods were used to secure membership; eventually 92 members were lined up. They paid the association a general levy of 2% of gross business. There was also a subordinate organization comprising some 10,000 "little fellows"?i.e., the small neighborhood dyers and cleaners to whom the general public brought its suits, dresses...
Docket number 132 is the Bryce Club (Welles, Gross) versus the L. Martin Club (Kent, Henroid). The meeting will be at 19 Winthrop Street with Jacob Shamberg 3L as chief justice...
...largest operator of cinema houses. He cited figures. He had just added a new group of 40 independent theatres in and near Manhattan, with annual profits of $5,000,000, seating capacity of 280,000. Acquisition of this new group, called Fox Metropolitan Playhouses Inc.. may bring Fox gross business in 1929 to a total of $135,000,000, Fox sealing capacity to 700,000. To fortify further his position as "biggest" William Fox gave out figures for 1930. By then, 1,000,000 persons will be ushered to seats nightly in Fox theatres. By then, 20 new theatres...
...trademark last week heard the Voice of a new Master. For, in confirmation of months of rumor, there was announced the merger of Victor Talking Machine with Radio Corp. of America. The day before the merger was definitely announced, Radio stock rose 42 points, Victor 19¼. Gross income of Radio for 1927 was $65,082,074; gross sales of Victor were $46,886,842, thus making the business of the merged companies about $112,000,000 annually. Plans provide for a complete merger of the two companies (not for the creation of a holding company) with a stock exchange...