Word: profiteer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Saint Joan" paid the old debt and the Workshop's four productions since, all Shakesperean, have either met expenses or made a profit. Under its new and more accurate name, the Harvard Theater Workshop presented in 1947-8 "Henry IV, Part One" and "Richard II." "Henry IV" was the first play in which the group used recorded music to great effect. This was unquestionably the most popular production of the HTW, and one which brought it praise and attention, not only from the critics, but from leading figures of the academic and the theatrical worlds as well...
...choices of plays have not been all wise, nor even of artistic merit, at times. "Waiting for Lefty" was given the best production, but the talent could better have been lavished on a less dated play. "Amphitryon 38' was also well done, and like "Lefty" made a profit for the Club, but it was a play unsuited for amateur production, containing too few characters and demanding too much of its inexperienced principles. Anyone that tries to make a profit out of reviving Ibsen these days is very foolish, as was the HDC last year with "An Enemy of the People...
...chances for profit looked good. In three years, air freight has grown from virtually nothing to more than 115 million ton-miles last year. The potential amount of U.S. air freight, said CAB last week, is more than one billion ton-miles per year, or more than eight times as much as all airlines are now hauling. The cargo lines had promised they would develop the business if given the chance. Now it was up to them to make good...
...steel industry was not far behind-U.S. Steel turned in a net of $49.9 million, UP 79% from the 1948 quarter. It also showed the best profit since 1929. Bethlehem Steel's $33.1 million represented a whopping 114% gain, and other companies did nearly as well, thanks to maximum production and a drop in the cost of some raw materials...
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