Word: net
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trifle depressing. Suzanne and the Baron came down like wolves on the fold and whipped us to a standstill, 6-1, 6-2. It was a terrific, savage match. We played our best, every stroke. The reporters said C. F. looked like Jack Dempsey smashing away at the net with his jaw way out. And that I was pale with concentration. Perhaps I was foolish to change from driving to lobbing against Suzanne, but it seemed best at the time. She was like a silk whirlwind in a salmon pink sweater. She talked constantly, while I pressed my lips tight...
Next evening she ascended the Pincian Hill, leaped off the 40-foot embankment of the sometime Borghese Gardens, landed in a net spread by Fascist police "to discourage the frequent occurrence of suicides at this place," was haled before another Fascist magistrate, clapped into jail "until morning...
...net earnings of the Corporation for the last quarter of 1925 were $42,280,465, slightly less than the previous quarter but a third greater than the last quarter of 1924. Net earnings for 1925 were $165,188,100, as compiled from the quarterly statements. The surplus, after paying all dividends and appropriations, was $29,632,442, of which $25,000,000 was voted for additions and betterments of plants and properties. This was $5,000,000 more than had been so voted the two preceding years...
...Bethlehem Steel Corporation also made its 1925 report during the week. It showed net dividends twice as large as the year previous, $5.30 a common share as against $2.56. Gross earnings for the year were $273,025,320 against $243,904,265 in 1924; net earnings $38,988,742 against $33,996,489. The net for the last quarter of 1925 equaled $1.77 a share as compared with $0.56 a share in the previous quarter and $1.08 a share for the last quarter of 1924. Operations are currently at 83% of capacity; they averaged 70.3% for the last 27 year...
...oppose his younger brother in the Exeter line-up today. The first-year forward line has shown a marked improvement in the last two games and with its speed and drive should penetrate the schoolboy defense frequently this afternoon. Jackson has been stopping shots in front of the Freshman net in good style and Coach Dempsey has an able reserve in Traynor...