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Word: profiteer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Godfrey Locker-Lampson, M. P., Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the recently-ousted Baldwin Cabinet. His family had long owned the bust. He had lately sold it to a dealer for "just over $2,500." Said he: ''The firm . . . resold it, I understand, for a modest profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Houdon's Washington | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...June, William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. resigned as first vice president, remained a director. Last year Hiram S. Brown resigned from the presidency to become head of Radio-Keith-Orpheum. Low hide and leather prices resulted in a first quarter deficit of $843,674. Second quarter even less profitable.) First half, net loss 1,969,439 First half, net profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Earnings: Aug. 5, 1929 | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...owns 5,000,000 chicle-growing acres in Guatemala, Mexico, British Honduras) Net profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Earnings: Jul. 29, 1929 | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Earnings: Jul. 29, 1929 | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

Chicago Yellow Cab Co., Inc. (operates 2,800 Yellow Cabs in Chicago; also Drive-it-yourself companies in New York, Chicago, Delaware) Net profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Earnings: Jul. 29, 1929 | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

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