Word: nets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...business transactions, the larger will his profits be. Mr. Walker makes profits analogous to rent. Rent is the difference between the productive power of any given lot of land and the worst piece of land that it pays to cultivate; and so profit is the difference between the net assets of any business firm and the surplus of an employer of the lowest possible grade obtained with the same amount of capital and goods. And this surplus must be due to the superior ability of the man himself, since in the same town with the same amount of capital...
...property and estates held in trust under this will together with the income, interest and profit thereof, may, at all times, clearly appear on their books of account. The said trust fund, thus held and invested, is to be called and known as the 'Price Greenleaf Fund.' The net income derived from said fund is to be used, appropriated and applied by said president and fellows as follows: A sum equal to, but not exceeding $3.000 a year, shall be divided into shares of $300 each, and each of said shares shall be paid in each year to an undergraduate...
...net receipts of the sophomore theatricals amounted...
...second, Pettitt went to pieces. The third and fourth sets were the most interesting; both men had warmed up to work by this time. Some beautiful blocks were made on both sides. Pettitt showed himself particularly strong at the net. His difficult returns from the back line were very pretty, and well deserved the applause they won. Sears' playing was steady throughout, and he scored many points by his admirable driving along the side lines...
...Harvard boys pin all their hopes for the Inter-collegiate Championship on their ability to "bang" any pitcher in the college league. All their energies are bent towards perfecting themselves in that portion of the game. "Doing the net act" is the popular means to this end. They have a net about eight feet high, stretched across a portion of the ball field, and before this the entire nine stand and endeavor to "block" the curved balls that their fellow collegians put in to them. Many men can be found in college, outside the regular team, who have very good...