Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Does his support for the ethical education extend beyond the "ability to reason carefully?" He states in his report that the issue of divestment from businesses that profit from the repression in South Africa offers "the ultimate example of the difficulties of trying to demonstrate a serious concern for moral standards." Agreed...
...what's the difference between patenting a small bacteria that eats oil slicks and patenting a small white mouse that develops cancer? Both are tools created by man for the use of man. Mankind has been hybridizing plants and cattle for centuries for profit. It would be a foolish, backward step to prevent us from using biological aids to better the environment and the human condition...
Cheddar cheese pizza? The Italo-Brit-American creation may not be the most common alternative to Harvard's "chicken with fine herbs," and Ruggles' Pizza is still not turning a profit. But the restaurant survives at a time when many businesses in the Square are closing up shop in the face of rising rents, a narrower, younger customer base and upscale demands...
Although the Ruggles in Harvard Square is still not turning a profit, Starsield said he was able to continue with the enterprise because his original pizzeria, located in Boston, has been successful enough to support the Cambridge endeavor...
...have the money, but we won't pay retail." The average Disney film during 1987 cost about $12 million to make, in contrast to Hollywood's $16.5 million average. Fully 22 of the 23 films made and released by the new Disney management have turned a profit, far better than the industry ratio of about...