Word: nets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...campaigned over every inch of Leon County," he said, "and Mary Call worked almost as hard as I did. The net result was that I wound up getting beat by about 100 votes." Three weeks later, on June 29, 1932, Roy Collins and Mary Call were married...
...last week in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, and for two sets it looked as if he had a chance of upsetting his master. His serve had a wicked hop; his volleys were too sharp to handle. He went out in front 11-9, 6-3. Across the net, Pancho looked off form. Playing it pretty, he sliced and chopped, tried to keep Tony off balance and never got unwound himself...
...third set, Pancho took over. His big serve was bigger than anything Tony had tried to handle before. He began to get some length on his drives, and he kept the crew-cut newcomer away from the net. His sneakers whispered across the canvas as he covered court like a swarthy...
...Pontiac Dealer M.H. Yager of Albany, N.Y., who testified that he had been bullied by G.M. and would show only "a small profit during 1955," actually made $81.898 in salary, bonus and net profit during the year's first ten months, even though he spent only half his time in the auto business. On an original investment of $10,000 (half of it borrowed), Yager made more than $1 in 15 years...
Citing figures gathered in the course of the hearings, he showed how giant corporations, with over $100 million in assets, have increased their net capital by 76 percent since 1952, while the assets of $1 million corporations have fallen in the corresponding period...