Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...apartments were priced at $10,000 to $13,000 apiece ($2,000 down and the rest on easy terms). Of course, well-heeled Pappy could figure on a neat profit. Next, he planned to find a single house near the Capitol and fix it up for himself. Said Pappy: "I sure like to putter around...
Trujillo made no bones about it. He had not been able to find out just when & where the invaders would land to start a Dominican uprising that in the end might profit trouble-hunting Communists more than anyone else, although the plotters in Cuba still tried to keep the Commies out of the act. One night last week Trujillo pulled his bodyguards out of a party and went down to the beach. There he prowled around for a long time and scared...
Hollywood took up the challenge-but it did not like the prospect. The industry's take from Britain last year amounted to some $72 million before U.S. taxes. After taxes, it accounted for more than 25% of last year's total net profit of $125 million. To show a profit on some of the high-budget pictures scheduled (e.g., Joan of Lorraine), studios had been counting heavily on a big British draw...
...heads over such an outlay and predict a crippling overhead. But Bert and son are satisfied. Last year they netted $21,000; they hope that the new shop, charging regular prices, plus a branch to be opened at the new Los Angeles Municipal Airport, will boost 1947's profit...
Richard Neison Wishbone Harris was making an understatement. In three years, he has built his "Toni" home permanent-wave kits into a merchandising phenomenon which this year will gross an estimated $16 million and net a tidy $3 million profit, enough to curl anyone's hair. By shrewd advertising (1947 budget: $3.5 million), Harris has captured 50% of the home-wave market. A genial gladhander, Wishbone helps sales by gadding around the country calling on retailers...