Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fair, Colin James, advertised as the "New Swing Pioneer," cannot be accused of simply seizing on the current popularity of swing music for sheer profit; the predecessor to this well-timed sequel appeared way back in 1993. That said, the ennui-inducing contents of this album seem to imply just such a fad-inspired rush job. James and his "Little Big Band" seen to be unsure whether they want to imitate the actual 1940's style or create a "New Swing" genre. The result is an album in which most of the songs have the false, synthetic quality of badly...
...should realize that our manners and motives in accepting offers as consultants and investment bankers are in themodus operandiof corporate America. Ec 10 sourcebooks in hand, we join a cult whose only guiding principle is the profit motive. We need not feel hopelessly idealistic or Marxist if we dare to ask for more. Maxwell N. Krohn '99 is a computer science concentrator in Kirkland House. This past year he was the publisher of the Harvard Advocate...
Public disclosure becomes even more crucial if Harvard decides to hire a private accounting firm to do the monitoring, instead of a non-profit organization such as Amnesty International. Recently, an independent study found that the accounting firm Ernst & Young's audit of a Nike factory in Vietnam was riddled with errors and oversights. Accounting firms are less likely to be familiar with local conditions and to earn the trust of workers than nonprofits, who typically consult with local community organizations. Furthermore, most such firms are or have been under contract to garment companies--an unacceptable conflict of interest...
...corporate these days? It?s just getting started. Last week publicity powerhouse PMK (which handles names like Cruise, Pfeiffer, Hanks and Damon) finally consented to marry McCann-Erickson (clients include GM, MasterCard and Coca-Cola). The New York ad giant was not so much interested in PMK?s tidy profit margin -- ?We?re just chump change to them,? says Leslee Dart, one of PMK?s three partners -- as in its vast warehouse of stars. ?Celebrity icons are brands,? says John Dooner, McCann-Erickson?s CEO, ?and there may be opportunities to work with like-minded brands in the corporate world...
...carpe diem) to insure huge financial success. To succeed on the Great White Way, a show does not always have to sacrifice controversy, but it usually does have to put it in a prettily-packaged manner that will draw enough theatergoers to pay the bills--and make a gargantuan profit besides...