Word: profitted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most insects lead solitary, asocial lives and spend their brief days on earth trying desperately to be diners rather than dinners. Some species, however, live in societies so well structured that humans might profit by emulating them. Honeybees group together in hives or colonies that might be compared to the human body?the queen, the only fertile female in a hive, functioning as the reproductive system; the workers, or sterile females, who gather nectar and feed the young, as the arms, legs and digestive tract; the drones, whose sole function is to fertilize the queen, as the heart that keeps...
...inherent weakness in the concept of reducing insect populations by chemicals," writes Vincent Dethier of the University of Massachusetts in his newly published book Man's Plague? (Darwin Press; $9.95). "They have failed because of misuse, because of the unrealistic goals we set ourselves, because of irresponsibility, profit motive, laziness and ignorance...
...town hall, Faneuil Hall, and the waterfront. The five-story structures, which for 150 years housed fruit, vegetable and meat markets, attracted two groups of people. Preservationists wanted to turn them into a museum. Some developers wanted to raze them and put the valuable downtown land to a more profitable use. But Cambridge Architect Ben Thompson had another idea. Why not modernize the buildings' interiors, recondition the exteriors and keep them as markets? The buildings could then turn a profit (and pay taxes) while enhancing historic Boston...
...cost of buying the buildings and refurbishing them would come to $30 million; banks refused to lend that much unless the project could come up with some major tenants. In 1972 Shopping Center Developer James Rouse, convinced that a lively, unique urban market contained a high potential for profit, joined the cause. His commitment opened the taps of private and public money...
...father had put together. While the old man watches bitterly from the sidelines, the young executive sells marginal stores and unprofitable ventures, taking heavy losses; for the first time, the company goes into the red. Eventually, the radical surgery is over and the company begins to turn a profit again. As the curtain falls, the two men grope back toward friendship...