Word: profit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...profit, student-run corporation that provides services ranging from refrigerator rentals to publishing travel guidebooks...
...employees used to be exempt from social security taxes under a general exemption for non-profit organizations, said Spruance. But an amendment which went into effect this year removed that loophole, she added...
...gave up their customary wage demands in exchange for job-security guarantees. But no Canadian auto plants have been closed, and no Canadian GM workers are on layoff. Robert White, the aggressive head of the Canadian U.A.W., has let it be known that his members do not want the profit sharing or lump-sum payments that are part of the just approved U.S. agreement. In addition, he claims that Canadian labor costs are $7.50 an hour less than the $22.50 an hour that GM pays in the U.S., because of the shrunken value of the Canadian dollar and the fact...
...station is aiming to solicit funds primarily from non-profit organizations. Mendleson said, adding "we don't know how much we're going to get, but we're going to give it a shot...
Clearly some other reason compels the Office to charge undergraduates this fee. I won't suggest that profit is a reason, although I would respectfully suggest that the Registrar's Office will suffer a severe image problem when it becomes known that it makes $2000 to $3000 each semester from the mistakes of an unfortunate 100 to 200 students. I would guess then that the rationale behind charging students this fee is that you hope to discourage students from making errors which would complicate the process of registration...