Word: profitable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Parents who can afford their children's tuitions have jumped at the chance to borrow at reduced rates, investing the money and reaping a profit, while the government provides their capital. Outright grants have been given to some families earning more than $30,000 a year. And the Justice Department has had to send its lawyers after many borrowers who have failed to keep up with their repayments...
...president can profit from the unique perspective of students if he lets them inform themselves. Rather than making a meaningless solicitation for their uninformed views, Bok should let students suggest names of possible candidates, interview the candidates, and submit an evaluation of the final candidates for his serious consideration. It would be harder for Bok to make a decision against the students' and faculty's wishes, in the face of this public student position. An open process would make the president more accountable to students and faulty and less likely to betray them, because their views would be publicly know...
...Deer Hunter turned in a healthy profit and won the New York Film Critics Award and the Oscar as Best Picture of the Year. But the Quandary aside, Fort Apache, despite its emotional jerry-rigging, stands as a silly sham and a dismal artistic failure...
...difference is power--not until last year did the city government gain control over the growth of non-profit institutions. And now, with half the city tied up by non-taxable institutional uses and neighborhoods slowly shrinking before the onslaught of labs, dormitories and offices, city officials are preparing to exercise that power with a vengeance...
...start his own aircraft business in the back of a Los Angeles barbershop. Government orders for military planes quickly established the firm, but its DC (for Douglas Commercial) series truly made it fly. Douglas' masterpiece, the DC-3, was the first American plane to make a profit from passengers only. During World War II, more than 10,000 were built and adapted for military use as the C-47 transport. Douglas Aircraft lost the race into the jet age when Boeing introduced the 707 in 1958, a year ahead of Douglas' DC-8. In 1967 the ailing Douglas...