Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...motor ship of 5,113 gross tonnage, Leningrad built in 1931, trimly painted, carrying a cargo of cement, mica, chalk, fuller's earth, Caucasian wine, oil of apricots, juniper (gin) berries. All her officers and able seamen had individual outside cabins amidship. She carried two young stewardesses to feed and amuse her picked crew of young cadets. Even her name KNM (Kim} was chosen for pronunciation by non-Russian tongues. Aside from the motto "Ahead To World's Revolution" inscribed in the crew's game room (equipped with piano and radio) she took every precaution...
...Longacre Building, half of its Empire State Building and many another. But Vincent Astor broke family tradition by improving Astor property. He put up $10,000,000 worth of buildings, modernized many old ones, became proud of his name as a landlord. Whereas in 1914 7% of the gross income of his properties was spent on management and operation, in 1922 the amount...
Edgar S. Davis '37 boxed very well and stamped himself as Varsity material for next year by taking the 145-pound event with decisive victories over Murray W. Dewart '37 and Robert S. Russell '35. Peter B. Olney '37 lived up to expectations by outpointing Herman Gross 1L in the final 155-pound match and William C. Brister 2GB scored a knockdown in the final round of the 175-pound finals to boat Gordon F. Robertson '36 for the title...
...other hand where prices are far more nominal, charge accounts exist in sparcity because the merchant has no positive guarantee. Consequently students are driven into the arms of the Night Lunch Counter because there a charge account is accepted. One thing must be done to end this gross exploitation. The University must run the Night Lunch on a non-profit basis and make public its accounts to guarantee the security of this basis. Moreover I condemn the CRIMSON for letting conditions roll along in the same old rut. Understand, that the institution of convenience such as the Night Lunch...
...business. For Mr. Zerk happened to be the fourth largest stockholder (5,000 shares) and had no intention of watching his investments depreciate without a murmur. Last spring Mr. Zerk launched a ferocious proxy campaign to oust the management, charging them with pocketing unconscionable fat bonuses, with gross inefficiency and general lack of business acumen...