Word: profitted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...claimed that no copies of the parodies had been sold on Bowl grounds when the confiscation occurred, and he asserted that the police action had seriously marred the expedition, "probably taking all the profit out of it." However, he said no effort would be made to recover the confiscated copies, since they would be of use only as "waste paper...
...such old friends as Marlene Dietrich (he wrote her first biography), Albert Schweitzer, and Thomas Mann. Most of Aufbau's feature articles come from outside contributors and George does the drama and movie reviews himself. With 60% of its space devoted to ads. Aufbau turns a handsome profit, last year gave $47,700 to needy refugees...
...which they might benefit greatly. Many of the students who leave the Honors program do so, not because of incapability or laziness, but because they prefer to follow interests they consider more rewarding than academic specialization. But tutorials opportunities for informal discussion and close contact with a tutor can profit these students as well as those in honors...
Burke said that the Office of Student Employment is still trying to revive the Eliot House concession, which has consistently "approached" a profit in recent years. The reason for the relative durability of Eliot stands in the past has been the House's distance from the Square and its "particular clientele," he suggested...
Other House concessions are established periodically, but their volume of business is apparently too small to maintain financial equilibrium. A concession operator must do about $5,000 worth of business to make a 15 or 20 per cent profit worth the time he spends at the counter, Burke estimated. Most House stands have been unable to reach this minimum amount of trade...