Word: profited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world's elite. The definitions are part of a continuum; what started as the cries of a disadvantaged group has become a billion dollar industry, one where the investors need the black face (not just any black face, but the beleaguered black face) to see their maximum profit potential. It follows that the industry has become a vehicle by which youth can leave their current situation. It's a way in which young boys can both exploit and be exploited by the capitalist system in a manner that doesn't include their need to buy into the Protestant work ethic...
...only qualms over the ordinance derived from an exemption clause, which allows non-profit organizations with limited funds to apply for a "hardship waiver." Councillor Sheila T. Russell expressed marginal reservations over the waiver application process, which requires non-profits to reapply every four years. But while cautioning that renewable waivers mean increased bureaucracy, she voiced unequivocable support for a policy she deemed long overdue...
...depends on the luck of the draw," Smith says. "I would agree the probable profit rarely justifies the effort extended...
Student groups eager to boost their treasuries by screening films in the Science Center are frustrated by the unreliability of profit making...
...world Diller comes from, you don't pay a premium for unprofitable businesses. But in the Internet economy, where almost nobody has made a profit yet (and certainly Lycos hasn't), that hasn't kept Yahoo from shelling out $4.35 billion for GeoCities, or stopped the Internet portal @Home from paying $6 billion for Excite--both deals made at hefty price premiums. Of course, they used their richly priced shares as currency. Diller's offer to merge part of his USA Networks with Lycos to form a new company, of which Lycos would own 30%, values Lycos at approximately...