Word: overheads
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they crossed the placid Potomac in the 82° afternoon sun to the shining white memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. There, in fresh graves flanking the tomb of World War I's Unknown Soldier, they were to bury two unknown comrades of the last two wars. Close overhead came Air Force jet fighters and bombers, the lead wingman of each formation dramatically missing to represent those who do not come back...
AUTO DEALERS are in the red this year for first time, says National Automobile Dealers Association. Gross profits in first quarter averaged $831 per car, but selling expenses (overhead, salesmen's bonuses, etc.) jumped to $877. Result: average dealer lost...
From across the oceans and from space overhead came the clanking sounds of history on the move. To the U.S., it was a week of challenge unmatched since the days of the Korean war. More important. it was a week when the U.S. knew the challenges for what they were and began to frame the proper responses...
...press, in which the feet are slightly spread and never shifted, and the weight is lifted in two smooth movements: from floor to chest, then to arms' length overhead. The snatch, in which the weight is lifted from floor to the over head position in one explosive movement. The clean-and-jerk. in which the weight is hoisted neck-high while the lifter drops into a squat or split, then "jerked" aloft as the legs are straightened...
...organizational meeting of the HSA last Fall, called to explain the purposes of the agency to the students, the ten per cent rate was called "a contribution toward the overhead." It was explained as a necessity for covering the operating costs of existing agencies and the expense of setting up additional ones...