Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the research on The Preacher's Wife is skewed because the sampling was done in major cities; a closer look, he says, shows that the picture is evoking a powerful response from African Americans but far weaker interest among whites. He predicts that The Preacher's Wife will gross from $60 million to $80 million, drawing largely on black audiences. Disney says it would be happy with those numbers, but even $80 million wouldn't be enough to put the film anywhere near profitability...
...decision serves as confirmation of legislation passed last August when Congress amended tax law to say that such awards are taxable beginning in tax year 1997. By contrast, compensatory-damage awards remain non-taxable. Writing for the court, Justice Stephen Breyer noted that federal tax law excludes from gross income those monetary awards received "on account of personal injuries." Punitive-damages awards are "not received on account of personal injuries; hence the provision does not apply and the damages are taxable," Breyer said. Justice Antonin Scalia dissented, saying "both types of damages are 'received on account of the personal injury...
...disclosures to the SEC, Loewen reported that last year, through a combination of price increases and cost cutting, the company managed to generate a gross profit margin from its funeral operations of 41.5%--the kind of spread that executives of the FORTUNE 500 almost never see. (By comparison, SCI's gross profit margin for funerals...
...number of difficult, courageous and correct choices, both from its own standpoint and from ours. Democracy is taking root. The rudiments of a market economy and a financial infrastructure are now in place. The ruble is stable; inflation is under control; the private sector produces 70% of the gross domestic product...
...supposed to be a hangout of sorts. Once again, it could be considered such if one considers hanging out as simply studying or eating the gross pizza. However, the point is that Loker Commons was supposed to be a whole lot of things and one could feasibly argue that it has met those expectations, if one is very creative and has an excellent imagination. But Loker Commons still is not an attraction to more than half of this campus. It isn't making the money that it needs to, and it has let many students down...