Word: profit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...farm is just very difficult, economically, to make it," Rose says. "We don't make much of a profit, but we pay the bills...
...place. He neglects to remind his readers that there is a third, albeit relatively unpublicized, possibility: Put your mind and skills to work in a field that will pay you reasonably, tap your creativity and expose you to worlds you haven't yet encountered. Some of these are for-profit, some could be called non-profit, but all have the potential to provide rewarding careers. A short list would include publishing, journalism, political organizing, foundation work, TV or radio production, software, product and graphic design and arts management...
...group of international grass-roots leaders will explore the role of gender in conflict resolution as part of a recently launched joint initiative between the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Hunt Alternatives, a non-profit organization that seeks to foster democracy...
...latest transgressions against the environment and the death of young activist David Chain while he was attempting to save the redwoods in California [ENVIRONMENT, Sept. 28]. The most basic disagreement between the environmental movements and the business community continues to be the rights of landowners and companies to profit from their investments vs. the need to protect and preserve the source of those profits. I consider myself an environmentalist, but until we find a way to make the environment an economic issue, we'll never be able to battle the lure of economic gain derived from its riches. When...
Only half the franchises are turning a profit, claim the owners. Not so, say the players: just four teams are in the red. In any case, they complain, owners have a funny way of counting so-called basketball-related revenues. These omit, among other things, about 60% of income from luxury boxes and concessions...