Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that report the President looked back in perspective, taking the start of the Kennedy Administration as his base point. During that period, he said, the gross national product rose from about $500 billion early in 1961 and passed the $600 billion mark, for the first time...
...Trade Center will have a gross floor area nearly triple that of the Pentagon; the five-storied base for the towers and a roomy plaza cover a 16-acre site that will require the abandonment of several existing streets. Yamasaki has switched from concrete, his favorite medium, to steel because of the sheer height of the towers, and instead of having the weight of the structure carried by the frame and the elevator core, the great steel columns of the exterior walls will support it. The stainless-steel outer ribs are only 22 inches apart, with glass between, giving...
Otto Eckstein, professor of Economics, last night termed the budget "realistic." He said that the estimated 5 per cent growth in Gross National Product should reduce the unemployment rate among members of the labor force to about 5 per cent. The current level is over 5 per cent...
John V. Lintner, Jr., professor of Business Administration, said Wednesday that the Administration's estimate of a $623 billion gross national product for the fiscal year 1964 is probably quite accurate, assuming that the proposed tax cut is enacted. He said that he had arrived at a similar figure as early as last October...
Chopping hard, Armour has cut its physical plant by 42%, but has managed to maintain its sales rate and increase its gross margin, the meat packers' measure of profit. At the same time it has geared its buying and processing to what Americans like rather than to what is merely available. The amount of pork eaten by Americans has remained remarkably steady for 40 years, but lamb is declining everywhere except in New England, New York and Los Angeles. The real advance is in beef eating, which has risen 77% since 1940. "After all," explains Armour Chairman William Wood...