Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Also, the fact that the science concentrator is extremely involved with intricate technicalities and problems of his field suggests that he might well profit from the broadening effects of a course in the philosophy and history of science. Since to understand fully the implications of scientific theories one must be at a rather advanced level, it is logical that such a course in history and philosophy should not be undertaken until at least the junior year...
...Benedum-Trees was a pioneer in the huge Caddo pool in Louisiana, organized Penn Mex Fuel Co., and brought in two wells totaling 115,000 bbl. daily in Mexico's "golden lane" south of Tampico. When the partners sold out in 1916, they made $3,159,000 clear profit. Benedum discovered the famous De Mares Pool in Colombia on which International Petroleum fattened and wildcatted in Rumania's Ploesti field at Queen Marie's personal invitation. By 1948 he was back in the U.S. with still another new field, West Texas' Benedum Field, whose reserves were...
Beneath the Skin. Visiting newsmen at the Cape last week got their basic information on the missile-beat regulars-the half-dozen Florida missile buffs who call themselves bird watchers and profit from their pastime as year-round string correspondents for wire services, magazines, a few dailies and the TV networks. Though Defense Secretary Wilson has long promised to take newsmen on a chaperoned tour of the test center, about the only outsiders who have been allowed inside the gate have been local politicians. However, the Air Force has not yet restricted picture taking from the nearby public beaches...
...these systems start transmitting programs over the airwaves from coast to coast. The main obstacle is cost. Pay TVmen admit that each station will have to pay up to $3,500 an hour to hook into a toll network, thus will need to saturate the market to turn a profit...
Johnson was apparently referring to the newly-stated complaint that although the organization might make it possible for more agents to earn more money, student customers might be forced to pay more for a product than any increased profit to agents would justify...