Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ninth auction put on by John P. Wilson, 40, a former precision-instruments salesman who switched to the nostalgia industry nine years ago, when he turned an unexpectedly tidy profit on a surplus lot of 1,000 old pull-chain toilets -a $100,000 windfall now memorialized in the name of his company: Golden Movement Emporium...
Felipe Noguera, a member of Haymarket Concerts, said yesterday he understands why Harvard allowed their non-profit group the use of the stadium. "Their name gets the good publicity, in spite of their holdings in South Africa," he said
Harvard is insisting that Haymarket Concerts enter about $20,000 into an account to make sure the non-profit group can pay for the necessary security at the concert and to cover any damages. Harvard also set a limit of $23,000 worth of tickets that can be sold...
Felipe Noguera, a member of Haymarket Concerts, said yesterday he understands why Harvard allowed their non-profit group the use of the stadium. "Their name gets the good publicity, in spite of their holdings in South Africa," he said
...effort to help Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees, Oxfam-America, a non-profit organization that tries to improve conditions in third world countries, is sponsoring "Run Against Hunger" at Harvard on August 12 from...