Word: nets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assay, South Carolina's blonde, blue-eyed Marian Ann McKnight, 19 (assets: 35-23-35; dividend: a singing imitation of Marilyn Monroe), was handed a queenly scepter and crowned Miss America of 1957. After sobbing a moment, but not at the thought that her title will net her close to $75,000, the queen threw her head back and said: "Who would have thought this could happen...
...started slowly, losing the first set 6-4. But he wore a curious frown. It could have been dejection; more likely it was wonder. For Lew Hoad's dangerous serve didn't seem so wicked after all, he was far from impressive at the net, and in the tricky wind his overhead game was unbelievably sloppy. All of a sudden Ken Rosewall stumbled on the exciting idea that he might very well...
...this week Ken had a habit of finishing secondbest. Smooth, fast-paced ground shots may be lovely to look at, but most of the time they add up to little against a booming serve backed by the ability to come up fast and put away a volley at the net...
...higher-than-expected expenditures to support farm commodity prices. More than offsetting that increase, however, was a $4.3 billion rise in the estimate of receipts, to $69.8 billion. Reason: a big spurt in personal income-and hence in anticipated income taxes-reflecting the continuing and growing prosperity. The net result for the budget is an anticipated surplus of $700 million, almost twice as much as predicted in January...
British-born Dr. Welch not only pioneered the nonalcoholic Communion service that has become standard in U.S. Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches, he also founded the nation's processed fruit juice industry. This week his Welch Grape Juice Co. will again make industrial history. The company (1955 net: $37 million) will be turned over to the National Grape Cooperative Association under a unique profit-sharing plan in which the company has virtually financed its own sale (for $28 million) to the 4,265 farmers who supply it with grapes...