Word: profitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tenants under Section 8 pay only 30 percent of their income in rent, while the government pays the rest, after agreeing on a rate with the landlord, said Peter Daly, executive director of Homeowners' Rehabilitation Inc. (HRI), a non-profit organization that operates CCHI...
...important point apparently did not come through, given the comment made by Elie Z. Fishman '92 (reported to echo "the sentiments of his Orthodox peers"). Mr. Fishman says that "by not keeping [Mavens] open to all sectors of the Jewish community, even if it's in the interest of profit, they're betraying the people it was originally designed...
Whatever the venue, desserts ring up rich profits for purveyors. Because they are based on relatively inexpensive ingredients that can be prepared in advance, there is a higher profit percentage in desserts than in most appetizers or entrees. "Waiters also like to offer pastries because that raises the check and, therefore, the tip that is a percentage of the total," observes Dieter Schorner, the gifted pastry chef whose velvety chocolate cake and supple, sugar-glazed creme brulee have caused many a dieter's downfall at such restaurants as Le Cirque in Manhattan and Potomac in Washington...
...investment bankers is not necessarily good for the country. Certainly the thousands of workers who have been laid off as a result of KKR's deals see little virtue in leveraged buyouts. Top executives go along with or even instigate buyouts because as major shareholders they stand to profit. The resulting companies may be leaner, but often they are also weaker, with little money to invest in expansion or innovation. Says Michel David-Weill, the French senior managing partner of the Lazard Freres investment firm: "The wave of leveraged buyouts is weakening the competitiveness of many U.S. companies that have...
...another way. Every kilowatt generated from the river's waters means less burning of fossil fuels, and less atmospheric pollution, less increase in the greenhouse effect. Operating Brockway Mills will save 4,000 bbl. of oil each year. And Buckley readily admits that he hoped to make a profit from his work -- a concept known as doing well while doing good...