Word: profits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Over the rest of the country, sales figures show more appreciable declines than those in the Boston area. Seven out of 12 Federal Districts suffered declines. Only Cleveland, where last year's Christmas sales were crippled by a severe snow-storm, showed an appreciable gain in profit...
Several meetings and letter-exchanges later, Wallace gave the project his blessing and let TIME have access to a wealth of confidential information about the Digest. We were able to publish approximate figures on their gross earnings and net profit. Digest offices overseas described their operations in detail. In interviews which lasted for hours, Wallace and his wife, Lila Bell, searched their memories for incidents and anecdotes of the Digest's early years. Digest Business Manager Albert L. Cole, during a visit to our office, saw a copy of the original sample issue of the Digest, which Wallace...
...political influence in Washington. In 1946, Cohen set up the Empire Tractor Corp. out of the remnants of Empire Ordnance. McKinney and McHale each bought 1,000 shares of Empire Tractor stock for $1 a share. Ten months later, they sold their stock back to Cohen. Their profit: $68,000 each. Cohen paid for the stock with money he borrowed from the Empire Tractor Corp. itself. Just a year after McKinney and McHale took out their 6,800% profit, the company went bankrupt. Its debts still haven't been paid...
...adulterous love affair that leads to sainthood. Some of his critics complained that the Roman Catholic in Greene had grabbed the wheel from the novelist at the end. But Greene's skill had never been surer, and his book was one that his fellow novelists could study with profit. Another English novelist who could be studied but scarcely imitated was Henry Green, a businessman who is also a born writer. He had his ups & downs with three novels. Caught and Party Going carried his stamp only lightly. But Concluding (published with Caught in the last week...
...Harvard Dramatic, Club's "Dog Beneath the Skin" and the Harvard Theatre Group's "Enemy of the People" were both probable box-office failures, the CRIMSON learned last night. On the other hand, Leverett House's "Sorcerer" is expected to make a sizable profit, while The Idler's "A Doll's House" may break even...