Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fishermen were deep in debt. Their cod brought only $1.80 a draft (238 lbs.). Just to pay for nets, lines, hooks and other gear, a skipper and crew (three men) had to catch 400 drafts a season. The average catch was 500, which meant about $180 profit a year to be split among the four...
...business to come in September and October (a hunting month). Ontario, in a golden daze, was sure last year's $96,000,000 tourist income would be topped by at least 20%. French Canada estimated that it would entertain at least 15 million Americans, knew only that the profit would be enormous...
Such sales were the only bright spot in the Department's gloomy outlook. Although they were made at a Government loss of $11,700,000, they will bring in more than $100,000,000 in alcohol taxes, leaving a tidy Government profit of some $90,000,000. But even this was no bit of cheer for Anderson. "We will be criticized," he moaned, "at the next W.C.T.U. convention...
...life. Many Frenchmen openly admit that money is the only thing in life they have an interest in now. A dollar now brings a top price of 185 francs. The foreign visitor to France must trade his money illegally to live; it is not a matter of making a profit at the expense of the French--the opposite is more likely...
There is little chance that Bolivia will exceed the 17,600 tons agreed upon. Reason: rising labor costs (up from a prewar 27? per-man-per-day to $2) will force some mines operating on a low profit margin to remain closed. So, with a low tin yield coming in from the rich Far Eastern mines, the CPA expects a short tin supply until...