Word: net
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fire power. The whole Fleet now has only 24 16-in. guns (eight each on the West Virginia, Maryland, Colorado). Each of the new class has nine. What is more, the new guns have longer range, throw a heavier shell (2,300 lb., instead of the 2,100). Net result: the 18 big guns on North Carolina and Washington will almost double the 16-in. broadside power of the Fleet, tremendously enhance its chances to crush an enemy line...
Just before Yugoslavia squirmed out of the Nazi net, a series of short-wave broadcasts out of Boston took that country by the ears. In cafes, hotels, libraries and homes, Yugoslavs rallied round loudspeakers several times daily to listen to a call to arms that rocketed from a mike 4,500 miles away. Highly effective, these war cries from abroad were credited in official circles with having played no small part in keeping Yugoslavia out of Hitler's hands. Said a dispatch to the U.S. State Department from the American Legation in Belgrade: "Everybody has been listening...
...Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's February gross was $13,878,000, largest since 1930, up 25% from last year. But leverage boosted operating net...
...Chicago & North Western, in bankruptcy since June 1935, has suddenly begun to make money on its old capitalization. Its February gross was $6,913,000, up 8% from last year, while its operating net rose from a $288,000 deficit to $624,000 profit...
...Potato Road, Bangor & Aroostook suffered with Maine farmers, last year skipped its common payment for the first time since 1904. But this year booming shipyards and revitalized textile mills are filling some of the cars once loaded with potatoes. When February gross increased 9% to $558,000, net operating income...