Word: net
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senate had done exactly what Ohio's hardheaded, conservative Robert Alphonso Taft had demanded for months, usually with small support. It had passed an amendment declaring that for whatever the Federal Government spends (after 1947) there must be new taxes "to prevent any net increase in the federal debt." In short, the Senate had taken a stand for that all but forgotten institution, the balanced budget...
...whole thing on his unfortunate "analogies" and newspapers' "startling headlines." Then, chafing under his orders, he declared: 1) that what he had said should not "reflect on my commanding officer, General Eisenhower"; 2) that "so vile a thing as Naziism" could not be got rid of overnight. The net implication was that he was right the first time (when he had compared "this Nazi thing" to "a Democratic and Republican election fight...
Surprisingly, American Express profits soared during the war. Last year's net of $2.4 million was better than in any prewar year except 1929. Though 34 of its 59 pre war foreign offices were closed, and civil ian travel dropped out of sight, American Express was busy arranging trips for thou sands of globe-trotting officials connected with OWI, RFC, the Navy, and other Government agencies...
...State of Pernambuco, freedom-loving Brazilian editors were finding the row of democracy hard to hoe. Items: The Journal Pequeno's outspoken editor, Osorio Borba. was caught in the net of Brazil's hated Security Tribunal; Editor Annibal Fernandes of the Diario de Per nambuco was waylaid by a goon squad...
...ferry service and the Gulf Atlantic Transportation Co. are the logical outgrowth of a small coastal barge and towing service which Williams joined only three years ago. It has been so well managed and profitable (net profits last year: $100.000) that the Florida National Bank of Jacksonville lent him $1.5 million to help finance his ferry company. The Mills Industries Inc. (juke boxes, pinball machines, etc.) may put up $1 million in exchange for a stock interest and the amusement, bar and dining concessions on Williams' ferries. Once he has them built and operating, Hustler Williams has more plans...