Word: profit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crisp December air was livened Saturday by the protesters' shouts of "No eviction for profit!" and the sound of drums and trumpets played by other rally participants...
...boneless beef as well as in tripe and hearts. But by the mid-1980s it was mainly a supplier to McDonald's. Too many other companies were competing to supply the raw material of Big Macs, though; they forced prices so low that Link could no longer make a profit. It went into a Chapter 11 reorganization in 1986 and emerged two years later as a snackmaker. Its new selling point: a recipe for softer, yet still flavorful, beef jerky. "With traditional, dry jerky you can darn near rip the teeth out of your head trying to chew it," says...
Lown spoke of the pressing need to reconsider the motivations of for-profit health maintenance organizations...
...midst of a crisis of unprecedented moral dimension," he said. "One cannot simultaneously believe that for-profit health care providers desiring to maximize profits care about patients...
...profit health care is an oxymoron," he added. "We [the committee] do not propose to go back to fee-for-service care, but we do advocate an end to market-driven health insurance, first in Massachusetts and then on a national level...