Word: profiteer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...organized following within the Tory party. But Powell has clearly seized on a ready-made issue of enormous appeal that cuts across class and party lines. Though he is a much more thoughtful man than George Wallace, to whom he is often compared in Britain, Powell stands to profit from the same well of vitriolic racial feelings-and could, like Wallace, influence the shape and direction of Britain's future elections...
...Charlie, waiving the science requirement, and recruiting faculty wives to tape reading assignments for him. Charlie prefers tapes and records to readers, because they give more flexibility as to when a student can study. He got most of his records from Recordings for the Blind, a privately endowed non-profit organization in New York which will record almost anything on 16 rpm records, given three months notice. Because of the honor system in effect at Amherst there was no problem in having Charlie take his exams in his own room, having some classmate read the questions...
...poor people, and need low rent housing," Miss Gill said. "Yet Harvard a billion-dollar corporation, does not take into consideration our needs. When I asked Mr. Cutler how much Harvard makes off the building he answered 'We only make $14,000 net profit on the Mount Auburn Building and that isn't much percentage for our investment...
...Angeles Airways, a helicopter carrier, and has an eye on the San Francisco & Oakland Helicopter Airlines. He would also like to manufacture corporate jets and look into applications and routes for vertical-take-off and short-takeoff planes. For now, Air West fits neatly into his pattern for profit. It flies from several key cities into Las Vegas, Hughes' headquarters. In Nevada, which Hughes likes because it has no state income tax, he has picked up an estimated $150 million worth of properties, including the Sands, the Desert Inn and huge ranch lands. If, as Hughes predicted...
...which should do better than high flyers in a quieter economic climate. "For the short term, the speculative boom is over," says Research Director Walter Stern of Burnham & Co. "Too many people have been buying too many stocks for the wrong reasons. There has been a race for instant profit based on tips and stories of impending deals. The bubble has to burst...