Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Catholic (a church the Witnesses bitterly attack) was; even more explicit than the Chief Justice in pointing out the majority decision's threat to religious freedom. Wrote he: "The taxes are in reality taxes upon the dissemination of religious literature for religious reasons alone and not for personal profit. ... If this Court is to err in evaluating claims that freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion have been invaded, far better that it err in being overprotective of these precious rights...
...ceiling price. Some engineers say an increase of only $1 a ton would bring in enough added scrap to keep the mills running full blast. The question now is whether it is more important to get the steel or more important to hold down the scrap dealers' profits. If by any chance an added $1 a ton would solve the scrap shortage, then an $80-billion war effort might be held up to save $25 millions, just as a billion-dollar rubber shortage is being made worse to keep the profit motive out of rubber scrap collection...
...engineer showed him how a filter would eliminate static—and since then Tobe hasn't been interested in anything else. "Everybody was making condensers, but nobody was suppressing noises. That was a real service—and I figure you have no right to be in business and make a profit unless you offer a service...
...finally made a move last week toward its forgotten treasure-trove of a million-plus tons of scrap rubber (TIME, June 8). It even made a gesture toward putting the profit motive to work on the rubber shortage, by letting scrap dealers make a little money bringing in the scrap...
Best Mousetrap. How Disney developed his garage-studio of pre-Mickey days into the world's biggest and best mousetrap at Burbank, Calif, is a typical success story, except that its dollars are inseparably twined with its art. Disney fought for both against distributors, who could see small profit in shorts, small reason therefore to make them better. He preached and proved that quality and nothing else would produce advancing prof its. The demonstration began with hastily sound-dubbed Steamboat Willie - first successful Mickey Mouse-and became convincing with the first Silly Symphony to use color...