Word: quarter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year ago Serge Koussevitzky said that he would retire "at the highest point in my career." That, he explained, would be when he had rounded out a quarter-century on Boston's podium. Last week, the milestone passed, his fans gave him a proper Boston goodbye...
...corporations turned in more first-quarter earnings reports last week, their performance so far this year looked better & better. General Motors Corp. reported sales of $1.2 billion, the greatest in history. So were its profits: at $136.7 million (v. $96.4 million in 1948-3 first quarter), they were running at $1.5 million...
...steel industry was not far behind-U.S. Steel turned in a net of $49.9 million, UP 79% from the 1948 quarter. It also showed the best profit since 1929. Bethlehem Steel's $33.1 million represented a whopping 114% gain, and other companies did nearly as well, thanks to maximum production and a drop in the cost of some raw materials...
Missing from the freshman bus were two key members of the team, Ed Grutzner and Jack Kiggen. Grutzner has flu, and Kiggen is suffering from a painful twisted knee sustained in spring soccer practice. While the team, strong in runners, may be able to fill in for quarter miler Grutzner, discus thrower Kiggen's untimely absence today may prove disastrous...
Sprinter Jon Spivak and quarter miler Harvey Thayer, Harvard's new one-two wallop in the running events, may decide the outcome of today's meet with Dartmouth at Hanover...