Word: net
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Personal exemptions, for single persons $1,000 (both Houses) ; for married persons $2,500 (Senate), or $2,500 if net income is less than $5,000 and $2,000 if net income is more than $5,000 (House...
...thing was planned. So put into effect. In the prize contest for a name 1,005,002 persons submitted 1,395,322 suggestions. If all of them bought the first issue of the magazine the net receipts from that source alone would have been $50,250. The prize-winning name was submitted by one George A. Elwell, of Youngstown, and won the $20,000 first prize. It was a stroke of inspiration that brought to his mind "LIBERTY-A Weekly Periodical for Everyone." He submitted 3,016 other suggestions but none of them were so inspired. The suggestions of Queen...
...vacation in Boston. He heard theft the Boston Post was nearly bankrupt. It was a challenge. He stepped in and bought the paper. He then had: $100 cash, 3,000 subscribers, a debt of $150,000 and an average net loss of $2,500 a week...
...tennis was called forth. Playing at number one, Lenhart found little difficulty in defeating Partridge of Dartmouth 6-3, 9-7. There were few long rallies, for it was one of those interesting matches in which both players try for clean placements. Partridge adopted aggressive tactics, rushing to the net on long drives to Lenhart's back-hand but the latter seemed to be able to place his shoots as will down the side lines an across court...
...thesis for his Ph. D. degree, he really rewrites something from an encyclopedia. There is nothing really original about it. You can't blame him, however, for not being original for he has never been taught to English A is a good course, but it involves mechanical writing, net imaginative. In the French schools the students are made to write at least one original essay each week. In this way they really learn to write...