Word: profit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...range, 250-m. p. h. speed. Though a careless pilot crashed the first, the Army ordered 13 for $3,800,000. Two have been delivered.* This fat prize swelled the Boeing bank account, helped lift earnings from a 1935 loss of $333,800 to a profit of $131,700 for the first nine months of 1936. More important, it made the air lines sit up & take notice...
...controlling factor in all business and industry is finance. Whether or not a company makes a profit depends upon how it is financed and the regulation of its receipts and expenditures. However different one business may be from another, money and credit are the medium common to all. Whatever the enterprise, its performance is calculated and governed in terms of dollars and cents. Thus finance is a function cutting across all business and industry providing opportunities for college men who, rather than deal with the actual making and selling of goods and services, are interested in reducing the operations...
...Providence. They all took turns at the hand pump, which had to be kept going most of the time. Figuring a couple of months for the trip, they took seven, with many a layover for repairs and beachcombing. Once they made $50 catching kingfish; poker games showed a profit; they poached a sheep, paid for it later out of the fee collected on an opium-runner's errand. Diversions included their own brand of Rabelaisian horseplay, drinking bouts, a couple of carnivals, acquaintance with many an odd character...
Further, the scheme must be run according to accepted insurance principles, with premiums carefully rated and understood by all parties. Only as a business proposition, minus the profit incentive, can this plan be made workable. All disguised subsidizing must be systematically kept out of the picture if the government is to carry out its proposed plan...
...There are several reasons why every qualified Freshman should enter the CRIMSON competition. It is free, open to all, wholesome and stimulating. It gives every candidate a chance to measure himself against others and arouses dormant forces. It gives the winners profit after the competition and gives everyone pleasure while the struggle is on. It is especially valuable to those who wish to discover whether they have any particular aptitude for journalistic or other writing...