Word: net
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...your section man was in Ec A. And when unscrupulous people inject a penny into an unsuspecting pay phone, with salt or without (although the salt, experts will tell you, is indispensable) that means the stockholders, about a million of them in this case, are out $.04, or a net loss of return on investment of 80%. And you can't run a business with that kind of a loss, whether you've been retooled by the Busy School...
...service. Oft-bombed Düsseldorf, after a one month's work stoppage, is again a manufacturing center. The R.A.F's return last week to Cologne, as thoroughly blitzed as any German city, implied acknowledgement either that reconstruction had been effective or that worthwhile targets remained intact. Net conclusion: a general slowdown of Germany's total war effort was as much as could be credited to heavy bombing, and it was probably worth the effort expended. To expect more, from the number of planes allocated to European bombing, was to expect too much...
Left. By the late Maxine Elliott, famed stage beauty: an estate appraised at $1,140,065 net; the bulk of it to her sister, Lady Gertrude Forbes-Robertson, the rest to four nieces (including Mrs. Vincent Sheean), one maid...
WASHINGTON -- The House Rules Committee cleared the way today for a showdown floor light between the Administration and independent-minded Congressmen over the controversial proposal to repeal President Roosevelt's $25,000 net salary limit...
Lowell looked much better in the second period, forcing the Puritans to go on the defensive, which they did very effectively, limiting the Bellboys to only occasional shots. Paul Perkins and Dave Arnold did a fine job of clearing in front of the net, while Ted Chadwick efficiently managed to stop the shots headed for pay dirt...