Word: first-half
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This year, for the first time, Cessna is forging ahead of rival Beech Aircraft ("across the street" in Wichita) as the No. 1 maker of private planes. Cessna announced first-half earnings for fiscal 1959 of $3.92 a share v. $2.45 last year, declared a 25% hike in its quarterly cash dividend to 50?. The company's conservative projection of the year's earnings: $7 a share...
...signal of the upturn came from the long-ailing machine-tool industry. It reported that new orders in December soared 62% over the year-ago level. One of the biggest manufacturers, Cleveland's Warner & Swasey Co., said its new orders are running 150% above the first-half 1958 clip. The construction contractors who build the industrial plants also noted a brisk rise in requests for cost estimates on new jobs...
Brilliant set shooting by Harrington and Donohue and an aggressive zone defense led the varsity's first-half surge. The Crimson scored almost at will against the faltering Jumbos, stretching its margin to 35-19 at one point...
...payrollers in Los Angeles raised their contribution to the local A.I.D. chest from $269,000 last year to $307,000 this fall. So it went in Fort Wayne, Ind., Seattle, Cincinnati, Beaumont, Texas-a total of 162 cities now running 2.3% ahead of last year despite the first-half recession. United Community Campaigns Chairman Carrol M. Shanks confidently predicted that total 1959 giving will easily top the $412 million raised...
...attack paid off with three first-half goals and the varsity started the third period with the game apparently well in hand. But by the end of the quarter, Brown had scored twice and was threatening to pull even with the Crimson. The pendulum then swung back and the varsity took command of play, scoring twice...