Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...National Department Stores (14 units) increased sales 15%, converted last year's $67,000 loss into a $433,000 profit...
...Associated Dry Goods (eight units) increased sales 15% to $29,684,000, converted a $45,000 loss to a $525,000 profit...
...Basic Principles of Skiing (20th Century-Fox), like all skiing pictures, is a photographic natural. Made with veteran ski troops (see cut) it could be exhibited to any cinemaudience with profit. Despite its necessarily lengthy explanations, the film builds its own suspense right up to the end: some first-rate mountain shots of a ski patrol on reconnaissance. Nothing ever happens, but it seems about to. Well-scored is the musical accompaniment for the cross-country and downhill sequences...
...regard to the second recommendation, the abolition of the Freshmen Smoker, the Council this year decided upon a compromise measure and voted to reduce our ante from the customary $300.00 to $100.00. The Smoker Committee charged 35c admission and made it a most successful affair, resulting in a net profit of about $7.00. The Chairman of the Smoker Committee will submit his report within a few days. The Jubilee this year made a small profit which will be handed in to the Council with a report within the next few days. The 1944 Red Book was held up by unexpected...
...regard to the recommendation that the profits from Freshman activities be set aside in a special fund to be used as scholarships for that class, it is obvious that such profits would amount to but a small part of the total amount which will be given to the class in scholarships by the time they graduate. Therefore, it would seem to me that such profits should be recorded and taken into consideration when scholarships are allotted, but it would not be possible to limit the amount given out to the amount of profit or to set any fixed ratio between...