Word: profited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Leung, a concentrator in East Asian studies, lives in Burlingame, Calif. She is considering pursuing a career in non-profit community service or education and plans to study for a year in China and also to work as a fellowship staff member at Harvard for a year following graduation...
Furthermore, service is costly; so Nordstrom must find a way to generate more sales from all its stores if it hopes to turn profits around. Besides massaging long-time customers, Nordstrom is trying to attract choosy new ones by paying more attention to refreshing its fashions. Pete Nordstrom argues that last year's shifts in placement have made it possible for the company to respond more swiftly to the latest trends. And he takes comfort from what happened in the early 1980s, when Nordstrom shook up customers by bringing in Liz Claiborne lines and moving other brands around. Although disruptive...
Amancharla was awarded the software by the National Alliance for Excellence (NAE), a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and supporting the educational and career goals of America's outstanding high school and college students...
Johnson isn't all business. For fun (O.K., and for profit) he leads a traveling basketball show called the Magic Johnson All-Stars around the world like a rock tour, playing exhibition games against foreign basketball teams. And since he lives in L.A., it was only natural for him to get into entertainment. He has signed a production deal with Fox Family Films, and is wrapping up another to act as host on a syndicated talk show for Twentieth Television. Johnson will be co-executive producer of the talk show with his longtime agent, Lon Rosen. Once again it will...
...admitting 4,491 students, a thousand more than in 1970. I wasn't aware of this either, but Penn clearly was and no doubt looked upon my class the way a bankrupt duchess might view the tourists using her castle as a bed-and-breakfast. Universities may lack the profit imperative that drives corporations, but they are just as fiercely competitive, always striving to get the best students, the best scholars, the best grants in order to attain the most prestige. Like every other top-tier institution, Penn seeks to attract as large an applicant pool as possible...