Word: net
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...amateur, was eager to win the U. S. title again this year to enhance his prestige as a potential partner for Don Budge on a professional tennis tour. But McNeill does not scare easily. After taking a sound thwacking for two sets, he sprang from behind, unleashed his formidable net at tack, dominated the court, finally dethroned the champion...
...mood was thrown last week by SEC's figures on who bought what: from May 10 to July 27, when the averages were recovering from their Blitzkrieg low of around 110, the Street professionals had their minds on Europe, were on balance sellers of stocks (680,269 shares net). In brilliant contrast for once was the performance of the small fry who trade in odd lots: beginning May 10 they bought 1,153,000 shares more than they sold. Not until August did the pros take over the buying initiative. By last week they were resigned to the fact...
...recruits will be apportioned out to fill spaces in "skeleton" units officered by the Army, National Guard, and R. O. T. C. members previously referred to When the new men have been thoroughly trained, they will direct new increments of recruits, and so on, in a gradually expanding net built around the principle of assigning skilled officers to unskilled...
...labor. ..." Said Rear Admiral Towers, recalling that Congress had cut the allowed profit on Navy contracts and Army aircraft contracts from 12 to 8%: "There are two reasons. The reduction in . . . profit . . . has made it very difficult for the aircraft manufacturer to place subcontracts [which] work out about 5% net profit . . . it just does not interest [the sub-contractor]. . . . The other and major reason, however, is the lack of definite legal provisions under which they can . . . carry out this contract. They do not know where they stand...
...companies whose profits were not up, most had been tripped by special situations. Because higher wheat prices add to flour company costs (not to hedged inventory values) Pillsbury Flour Co. net for fiscal year ending May 31 dropped 56% to $990,914. 20th Century-Fox Film Corp.'s six-month net fell from $2,325,526 to a thin $117,213 (because of heavy foreign losses, an $800.000 reserve set up against them and a string of unlucky pictures...