Word: nettings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...radio of the U.S. Secret Service and Internal Revenue agents have more than doubled the use of Government frequencies. Last week, President Truman asked a 60-year-old electronics engineer named Haraden Pratt to become his telecommunications adviser, charged with the task of untangling the nation's air net. After resigning as vice president of the American Cable & Radio Corp., Engineer Pratt will devote his full time to such problems as Government frequency allocations, international radio agreements, and planning for the day when, in case of a national emergency, the Government may have to take over all U.S. telecommunications...
...foot faults. Savitt glowered at the linesman, stalked over to the umpire and demanded that the offending linesman be removed-presumably for incompetence. When his request was not granted, logically enough, Savitt, fuming inwardly, threw the next game and the set, by deliberately driving four straight balls, into the net. The crowd booed...
...coming Trabert, National Clay Court and Intercollegiate champion (TIME, July 23 et seq.), learned his lesson in less time-three straight sets. Tony, a blaster of driving shots from baseline and net, never could set himself against Talbert's well-placed drives and drop shots, and was constantly on the defensive-a phase of the game he does not understand. The score...
...chemical industry, where earnings of Du Pont, Victor Chemical and other companies were down, Dow Chemical was a standout. It boosted its net 25% to $41 million despite a 250% increase in the tax load...
Smiling Faces. The oil industry's increase in production since Korea has been big enough to outfoot taxes. Of 16 reporting companies, only two showed a decline from 1950. The $249 million net of Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) was up nearly 60% over last year's first half. Socony-Vacuum's net rose percentagewise even more (to $76 million); Shell boosted its profit from $39 million to $46 million...