Word: gainful
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...them would say, 'That's a sellout. You're in bed with the developers, and you're losing your design freedom,'" he says. (Coren jumps in, adding, "They have said that.") But Pasquarelli insists that because they had sunk their own money in the project and stood to gain only if the apartments sold, they won the confidence of their developer partner Brown. They were able to convince him that if they took the design in any novel directions?which they would do?those wouldn't be the kind that turn off potential buyers. "The developer started to trust...
...Kroger: The largest traditional food retailer in the U.S. is doing well because its stores are convenient and people still need to eat. According to the WSL Strategic Retail survey, spending on food showed a net gain of 34 percentage points between those spending more versus those spending less compared to 2006, mostly because food prices have gone up. It has less to do with people buying more or trading up to gourmet items. Kroger's fourth quarter same-store sales at those open at least a year increased...
...Women might scale back their own fashion purchases, but that doesn't mean they're going to let their dogs down. Just ask Leona Helmsley's pooch Trouble, who earned a $12 million trust fund when her owner died last year. WSL Strategic Retail's survey found a net gain of 28 percentage points between those spending more on their pets versus those spending less compared to 2006. In their 2008 study only two categories out of 17 showed significant spending increases among women and men: food and pet supplies. Owners are frequenting pet specialty boutiques or picking...
...Brooks ’06, who is still in Iraq with the Marines, wrote in an e-mail that at this point in the war, much of the military experience is in the peacekeeping and humanitarian realms, requiring some political and cultural sensitivity that Harvard has helped him gain...
...party, the legislature and - importantly - both presidential campaigns. Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean has made it clear that any plan for a new vote in either state would need the endorsement of both Obama and Clinton. But Michigan is reportedly having trouble coming up with a solution that could gain enough support in the legislature, and with the Obama campaign as well...