Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...size of the enterprise is staggering. From less than 16 million in 1900, enrollment has jumped to 36 million. From less than $215 million in 1900, the annual cost has soared to $14.4 billion (about 3% of the Gross National Product). Of all U.S. families, 40% have one or more children in public school.*Of all living Americans, one out of five is a public-school student...
...then some. But they are playing safe, in case they have guessed wrong. They have written off most-or all-of their heavy development costs so they will not be a burden in future years. If the planes are sold, profits will be fat. Lockheed's Chairman Robert Gross pointed out that in 1946. when Lockheed began to sell its Constellation, the company set a sales goal of 135 Connies as the break-even point "and prayed for the best." All told, Lockheed sold 856 Connies for more than $1.5 billion-and a fine profit...
Handel:Concerti Gross! Opus 6(1 Mu-sici Ensemble; Epic). A mixture of exuberant passages, serene fugues and multivoiced instrumental harmonies, Handel's Concerti Nos. 4, 9 and 10 get the electric tempo they deserve from a brilliant ensemble that was launched in Rome...
...heavy is total U.S. investment in Canada ($4.2 billion in the past five years) that it now equals almost half the gross national product. Canadians rejoice in the boom that the money brings-but they are increasingly uneasy about the implications. CAN WE SURVIVE u.s. INVESTMENT? asked a recent headline in Toronto's Financial Post, Canada's most influential business newspaper...
...standards is the steady rise in consumer spending, which has jumped $20 billion in the last year to its present record of $311 billion; consumer durable goods alone account for $44 billion. By next spring, consumer buying is expected to top $325 billion annually-as much as the total gross national product a decade ago. To spur the rise, personal income, up $20.6 billion in the past year, is expected to jump almost $20 billion in the next twelve months...