Word: profited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even if vagueness from underling in an organization as hierarchical as the U.S. government isn't surprising, it should be when it comes from interest groups that try to express their views clearly and strategically. When I called one human-rights non-profit to ask whether the organization's position about President Clinton's decision to grant a one-year extension of the most-favored-nation trading status to China had changed over time, a press spokesperson demurred and said with mock wonder, "It's such a complex issue. Hmm." That...
...most curious fact about the Evening With Champions finances is the lack of oversight over them. It appears that quality of record-keeping varied widely from year to year, and the charity show, unlike many other student organizations which handle less money, was never incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation...
...Arctic, she ended up on an auction block in the Norwegian port of Svolvaer, sold to the highest bidder for $2.50 a lb. This minke was the first of 160 hauled in by Norway this season for commercial sale. Each of these catches violated the worldwide ban on for-profit hunting established by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1986. (More than 130 others were hunted legally for scientific purposes, although many environmentalists claim that the science involved was minimal.) All the catches were fully approved by the Norwegian government...
Norway knew it was asking for trouble by going after whales for profit, but that didn't make the ensuing uproar any easier to take. Letters of protest have poured into Norway's embassy in Washington. Environmental groups have called on consumers to boycott the country's exports and on travelers to stay away from Norway, especially during next year's Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. German and British companies have canceled several million dollars' worth of contracts for Norwegian food. And the U.S. Commerce Department will decide within a week or two whether Norway's actions make it potentially subject...
...likely to leave many Japanese puzzled. In a recent survey of Japanese, more than 40% said they wouldn't know what to do with themselves if they had a month-long vacation. Seagaia, like an enormous indoor ski slope just outside Tokyo that opened two weeks ago, plans to profit by showing them how easy it is to enjoy themselves...