Word: net
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...battle of speedsters, Captain Dave Benjamin plays Princeton Captain Keith Jennings in the first singles match. Benjamin is a steady player who relies on a controlled game from the backcourt, while Jennings varies a baseline game with his aggressive net play. The Tiger senior, winner of the Eastern singles tournament last Fall, will be favored today against his old rival...
Jose Gonzales will play Sam Bussey, a two-handed top-spin player, in the fifth match. Gonzales, who has a strong net game and a good overhead, bowed to Bussey in the number three freshman match last year, 6-3, 6-3. Dick Appleby faces Tiger Clint Belser in the crucial sixth match, which looks like a toss...
...Rubber's big news lay less in its record first-quarter net income of $9,751,656 than in the fact that the company is changing its name. The old handle, according to Chairman-President George R. Vila, was just too confining for an internationalized company that has expanded into the fields of chemicals, plastics, textiles and fibers. Therefore, U.S. Rubber is now known as Uniroyal...
...Curtis Publishing Co., which suffered a 1965 net loss of $3.5 million, edged into the black, with first-quarter profits of $251,000, and President John M. Clifford embarked on a corporate talent hunt. Said Clifford: "We intend to attract and hire new people with demonstrated ability who can add depth to our management...
...from the Fringes. Farmland prices are jumping fastest on the fringes of cities, partly because speculators figure that population growth, low tax assessments on vacant land, and the growing net of federal highways will give them juicy profits. Also, inflation worries and stock-market jitters persuade some investors that land is a safer outlet. Heavy buying has lifted the price of farms near Minneapolis by 20% in the past year; land five miles from the center of Youngstown, Ohio, has quadrupled from $500 to $2,000 an acre in eight years. The city of Wichita recently paid $600 for cornfields...