Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After Martin retired, Fish put the program on hold as he took over coaching responsibilities for the Crimson. Fish began to lay the groundwork for the program in the summer of 1984 by establishing an non-profit foundation to sponsor the program (International Junior Squash Exchange Program), and last summer sought corporate sponsorships and private donations to subsidize the estimated $60,000 cost of the tour. He was successful in raising $20,000, and said he expects to raise the remaining monies before the start of the tour...
...said he thought he could profit by buying and selling first-class tickets at a low market price. Matz organized his business at the end of last summer, taking out bank loans and buying ads in The Wall Street Journal and Frequent Flyers Magazine...
Matz said that because the business is still new, he does not know how lucrative it will become. But he predicted that he will be able to meet costs this term and reel in a profit in the spring, when coupon bartering has been known to increase by as much as 60 percent...
...free pursuit of academic research and even the safe pursuit of profit are important rights which the city government ought to respect; however, public safety comes first. Ultimately, the citizens of Cambridge have to decide what sorts of research and industrial activities are safe enough for their community. Question 1 presents an important opportunity for them to be heard...
...general public. However, because the houses are offered at speculative prices, they are largely innaccessible to faculty and tenants. Only three of the ten houses sold to date were purchased by faculty members; moreover, one already owns another house and another resold the property almost immediately at a substantial profit...