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Word: nettings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...industry had earned $460 million in 1949-10.3% more than in 1948. But a closer examination revealed some weak timbers in the profit structure. Despite the high industry-wide figure, Coy warned that 1) 91 of the nation's 97 TV stations lost money and 2) the average net income before taxes reported by 645 of some 1,500 U.S. radio stations was only $6,700. "The unpleasant prospect," said Coy, "is that the competition . . . may be too severe and some of these stations may not swim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Weak Timbers | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...York Ranger Goalie Chuck Rayner threw himself vainly in the direction of a hockey puck he could not quite see. The shot, winged at him from 25 feet away, burst through a melee of players and whirling sticks and into the net. The red light flashed to signify a goal. Thus, a little past midnight one night this week, the Detroit Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in seven years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Late Finish | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...pipelines and plants, completed Cities Service's modern fleet of 22 tankers. To broaden his oil operations on the East Coast, which were 90% wholesale, he took long-term leases on Continental Oil's 1,600 filling stations. Though Cities Service's 1949 net, like the industry's, had dropped (at $55 million it was down $10 million), Jones boosted the company's earned surplus $70 million to a record high of $243.6 million. By last week, the company's stock sold for about $73. Anyone who had bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL & GAS: One Hundredfold | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

Jack Frey and Dave Gordon at number three and five singles respectively are the most nearly similar. Both emphasize steady baseline play and often outrally their opponents. They both, however, must learn decisive net play to rank with Hughes and Craig...

Author: By Humphrey Doermann, | Title: Varsity Netmen Face Tigers Today | 4/22/1950 | See Source »

...Kaynes features a looping twist serve and an accurate, hard-to-handle slice backhand. Like Frey and Gordon, Kaynes needs authority at the net, but the past week has shown improvement in this department...

Author: By Humphrey Doermann, | Title: Varsity Netmen Face Tigers Today | 4/22/1950 | See Source »

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