Word: profit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...idea of one man or woman running eight Lancashire looms efficiently is preposterous," declared the weaver's union. "The work is hard at only four looms. To double it would mean unbearable physical strain. . . . The offer of the employers is a fraud. The individual weaver would stand to profit about 20 per cent on his present wage, while he would be turning out almost 100 per cent more work...
...Cuban National Lottery will be made bigger, better under a proposed law, is expected to net the Cuban treasury a profit of $10,000,000 next year. At the National Casino in Marianao, Havana, roulette (with two zeroes), Baccarat, Faro, Craps and almost every other gambling game known to man are played, are legal for both sexes. But women are not allowed to attend the better burlesque shows in Havana...
...organized an electric power corporation in Santa Clara, built up the property, sold it to U. S. interests at a fat profit. Sugar was his next interest. Buying a mill near Santa Clara he started grinding cane, considered himself almost rich just before the 1920 Cuban sugar panic...
...that the system of the reading period, with its ultimate benefits, can only be appreciated by those willing to work with it. The average and below-average undergraduates will probably maintain about the same standard of work as before, whereas hard-working and brilliant students are able to decidedly profit...
...thousands of gullibles had a more ornate picture of him. He was then the shrewd, straight-eyed miracle man of Boston's Hanover Street. He promised his clients a 50% profit in 45 days. On especially busy days, six mounted policemen handled the crowds in the street, 14 kept the corridor crowds in line. The essence of his scheme was to buy postal reply coupons in countries with depreciated exchange, redeem them at face value...