Word: nettings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...net of State's material was that Dr. Nathan was 1) a German Communist before 1933, when he settled in the U.S. (he denied this), 2) an associate of Communist fronts in Europe and the U.S. (he would not say yes or no to this on the ground that the charge was too vague), 3) an acquaintance of the ambassadors of two Communist satellite states (he admitted this). A fundamental principle was at stake. Is the right to travel abroad a privilege to be granted, like a federal job? Or is it the inherent right of a U.S. citizen...
...Holloway, who resigned because of poor health. Elliott joined Crane 33 years ago in Los Angeles, moved up to branch manager, to Western district manager, to vice president for all sales. President Elliott's first objective: halt Crane's three-year decline in sales and profits (1954 net: $5,800,000 v. $8,700,000 in 1953, $16,200,000 in 1951). To do this, he hopes to cut production costs, boost sales of Crane's bathroom fixtures, industrial valves, fittings, etc., continue diversification into such operations as mining rare earths, refining titanium, turning out aircraft accessories...
...that sprang up after the U.S. Congress passed the first Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act in 1934. Under that act, the U.S. signed bilateral tariff agreements with France, Great Britain, Belgium and 26 other nations. As each of these nations signed similar agreements with dozens of other countries, a tangled net of concessions, quota restrictions, special licenses, etc. was created. To simplify matters, the U.S. helped sponsor a meeting of interested nations after World War II to write a single, broad General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. GATT contained thousands of tariff concessions and a rule book on trading...
...cumulative voting by an equally wide margin. Every Central director was re-elected overwhelmingly, and the stockholders also approved a stock option plan for Central President Alfred E. Perlman, by which he can buy 32,000 shares at $19.88 per share, over a period of years, thus stand to net a capital-gain profit of $672,000 (at current prices...
When counting stopped for the night the Conservatives had scored a net gain of ten House of Commons seats, with good prospects of winding up with an over-all majority of perhaps...