Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Indians who were digging it out of the surrounding mountains. But Taxco's first big silver boom did not occur until 1717, when a very smart young man named Jose de la Borda came out from Spain to show his uncles how to mine silver at a fantastic profit...
...right & left (mostly left), instead of being depleted, it grew. (It held First National Bank of the City of New York stock during the '20s.) Sixteen years after Charles Garland decided to give away his million, the Fund was close to $2,500,000. Some of this paper profit was wiped out in the crash, but all told the Fund gave away more than twice the original $900,000 principal...
...heavy industry, however, which is limited to a 10% profit on its Government contracts, some operators have found that they could make extra profits by kickbacks from subcontractors...
...retreat from Crete was something more than a military massacre. It had some of its roots in the management of the home industrial front. . . . Our efforts shall not be brought to naught by a group of incompetents. . . . There are men in Britain who think patriotism is another name for profit and democracy a synonym for dividends. . . . There will be more Cretes unless changes are made in this country...
Equally unfortunate, to most Britons, is the setup of the Government's Petroleum Board, which is headed by representatives of the Shell, Anglo-American and Anglo-Iranian oil companies. The Board buys oil from these companies, resells it to them for distribution. Retail profits are fixed, but the oil companies can set the retail price, presumably take a profit on bulk sales to the Board. Cockney comment on the Petroleum Board: "Oh my, ain't it a luvly...