Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...everyone who could afford it then had all the meat he could eat. Now producers were hanging on to their cattle in hopes of getting a better price. But the people did not really blame the producers. It was the Government, which had tried to replace the good old profit system with something else...
...with Eli's Cambridge invasion in full force, dances will be held in Lowell, Leverett, Kirkland, and Dunster. While Adams is not sponsoring its own event, its House Dance Committee will aid Winthrop and Eliot in planning for the Friday night formals, and will join in the seven-way profit-sharing of the weekend...
Harlow's statement that the team will start to improve rapidly after its narrow escape against the Tigers is not hard to understand. His Varsity squad has now passed its strongest early season test, and should profit considerably by its mistakes against the Orange and Black...
...Elgin Railway Co. After 14 years in receivership, the C. A. & E. finally chuffed out last week. Debts refunded, fixed charges erased, it was all set to highball. The road had netted $51,974 in 1944, boosted that to $185,805 in 1945, counted on turning a $225,000 profit this year. With the money, it hoped to pay investors a dividend, start replacing the antiquated equipment with which it now serves 8,000 commuters from Chicago's western suburbs...
Lipsett expects the Normandie to yield about 40,000 tons of steel scrap (worth some $15 a ton), which will just about cover scrapping costs. Any profit will depend upon how much brass, copper, lead, etc. (worth up to $240 a ton) he can salvage. Said company President Morris Lipsett: "It's just like a crap game