Word: profiteer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fifth, many hands in poker are poor betting propositions and the same is true for many races on the daily card. Thus, the public handicapper fights variables which are beyond his controls and which during the course of a year insure that his selections will not show a profit...
Best Bet: M. H.'s GALAXY. Long Shot: Game Profit in ninth...
Morgan Memorial, Inc. is a non-profit organization providing jobs and training for 350 handicapped Bostonians. The transportation department picks up old clothes and other donations to be sold at the Goodwill Thrift Stores...
...Berkeley Barb. Max, it seems, has this thing about money; he refuses to spend it, on himself or anyone else. Featuring sex, rebellion and kinky ads, the Barb grew into a going enterprise with a circulation of 86,000, ad rates of $450 a page and a net profit of about $130,000 annually. But Max still refused to spread the bread further than the nearest bank. This time the toilet held out, but the staff's patience broke under the poverty...
...dredged it and built the quays; he designed the houses and has been putting them up ever since. "I have tried to integrate the boat into the life of the vacation house," he says. "I built Port Grimaud for people who love sailing and the sea." And naturally, for profit...