Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition to its rapid growth, the personal-computer software industry lures both big and small companies because of its huge profit margins. Programs that cost only $5 or $10 to make can sell at retail for up to $700 or more. The most expensive is believed to be Micro-scan II, a stock-analysis program that costs $6,250 for a year's subscription, which includes periodic market updating...
Thanks to Conrail's impressive recovery, it is expected to show a profit of about $1 billion over the next five years. One interested buyer is a group of the railroad's employees, who say they plan to make a bid by June 14. But whatever price the Government gets for Conrail, it will not match the $7 billion investment...
...alluring Lorelei Ambrosia (Pamela Stephenson)-and one nebbishy computer genius gone astray. His name is Gus Gorman, and since he is played by Richard Pryor, two things are certain: Gus will be on Superman's side in time for the climax, and the film will turn a healthy profit before the summer is over. Screenwriters David Newman and Leslie Newman, who have worked on all three Superman movies, are canny enough to bring Pryor on early; he runs through his engaging repertoire of whinnies and grimaces, demonstrating an unexpected mastery of computers, and, with shambling grace, falls in with...
...physical plant. Daniel Steiner '54, widely considered President Bok's closest adviser in his 12 years as general counsel to the University, was given the new title of vice president and general counsel In the reshuffling, Steiner took over responsibility for overseeing Harvard Real Estate, the multimillion dollar non-profit organization that manages the University's property. He continued to hold his old responsibilities of overseeing all Harvard's labor relations, legal matters and supervising police and personnel departments. (For a look at how Harvard uses its inside and outside legal counsel, see page...
...final impetus for change has been the realization that Harvard itself could profit, both from the new case provided by developing nations and from constructive criticisms of the exported methods...