Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gore, said his lounge is taking in $90,000 a month and, since liquor became legal, he has booked conventions through 1989, nearly all of them thirsty gatherings that never convene in a dry county and thus have never met here. "Without the lounge we would show a small profit," said Gore, "but we make big money now." Ramada Inns and the Hilton chain are talking with Colbert boosters about building in the county, and the boosters themselves are talking about a civic center...
Budget's challenge hit hardest at No. 2. Despite years of "trying harder," Avis saw its market share drop from 32% in 1973 to a low of about 23% last March far behind the 39% claimed by Hertz. Avis showed a record $73 million profit in 1979, but a $35 million loss for the fiscal year that ended last June...
...whose jobs were eliminated under Reagan, told the Washington Post recently, "It makes you wonder if what you worked at all these years was a lie." Another RIF victim echoed, "I was shaped by JFK. I went into the Peace Corps. I have actively chosen not to work for profit. Now the public interest seems to have to do with greed and bombers and tax breaks for big business...
Durbin believes his "thinking-man's racket" will become more popular once people are aware of its superiority over conventional rackets. So far, it hasn't produced a profit, even though "thinking men" have been forking over $210 for Durbin's graphic model in the eight months it's been on the market...
Perhaps Harvard could profit from a western example. The Stanford Daily, February...