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...profit. Next week he will rebate all of it to his 2,000 regular customers, of whose spending he kept account, at a rate of 30%. One customer, who spent $1,000 at WE, will thus receive $300 in cash; the city of Pontiac, which had him cater two parties, will...
...presence of students on financial aid has made an impression on these Lowell kitchen worker. It is--to them--a sign that Harvard does not cater only to the rich, and they do not see Harvard strictly as an elite institution open only to the offspring of the wealthy. "I think anybody who works hard can get in," Thelma says. "I think it's fair in that respect. I know many kids who have to work everyday and go to classes, too, and that's not easy." Pat adds, "Even the rich kids don't make a big show about...
These migrant workers, who now number almost 1 million, remain outside the main stream of Saudi life, since most leave when their specific job contracts expire. In Al Knobar, shops cater to the thousands of Korean workers with window signs reading KOREAN SPOKEN HERE. Saudis complain that the Egyptian and Pakistani workers are responsible for the increase in burglary in a country that boasts one of the lowest crime rates in the world (in part, because thieves are punished by having their hands cut off). On occasion, Yemenites have gone on slowdown strikes, while Filipinos, Pakistanis and Koreans have demonstrated...
...helped run all 21 events: "With the A.C.A., we'd still have to do all the work and they'd just tell us what to do. We don't want to kowtow to the great canoeists. All we want is a fun weekend-strictly amateur. We cater to the everyday Joe who wants to bring his kids here and have a good time." By those criteria, North Creek's derby this year, as always, was a success. Cold and wet, but a success...
...cater only to the maximization of profits is to invite corporate doom," he says "In this country, we've developed corporate enterprise by reason of the will of the people. The only way that we will continue to have the support of the people who enfranchised us is to perform in ways that are socially desirable. If we do not, somebody will blow the whistle on the corporate enterprise system...