Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lampoon has been big business ever since the fall of 1966 when they made over (over!) $100,000 profit from their parody of Playboy (who, by the by, printed it for them and helped them get ads from their own regulars). To say that the Lampoon has been in collusion with the corporate complex of this country's industrial power brokers would be a waste of idealistic breath...
Another question was posed: "What would you do if a son came home from the Army, bringing a supply of marijuana that he sold to his friends for $5,000 profit?" This hypothetical situation evoked a much sterner response: 73% would report him to the police, and only 14% would not. The answer of Leo Adams, a retired electrician of Rittman, Ohio, was representative: "If he smoked it himself, he's only hurting himself. This way he might give the habit to a lot of others-maybe even another...
...Profit has not come so easily to the chains. They have been borrowing at high cost to expand and diversify into such related businesses as drugstores and retirement communities. Some of the largest chains net only 5% or 6% yearly on investment v. an average of 10% for all of U.S. industry last year. The stocks in several big chains have dropped sharply; Hillhaven and National Health Enterprises are down more than 60% from their 1968 highs...
...enough to hasten the shakeout period that in any new business follows the opening era of heady growth. That would be all to the good. Investors as well as prospective patients need to know which of the chains, behind their sparkling fronts, have developed an ability to earn a profit while meeting exacting standards. Meanwhile, those selecting either nursing-home beds or nursing-home stocks must choose with great care...
...lose $285 million, according to Air Force estimates made public last week. Those estimates purposely tend to downplay the suspicions raised by C-5A foes, who had suggested that the Pentagon and Lockheed had been conspiring to ensure that the company came out of the contract with an ample profit. In any case, Lockheed disagrees with the Air Force loss figures; company spokesmen insist that on a full order, Lockheed can "at least break even...