Word: recoups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...president Sally H. Zeckhauser claimed that the rent cuts were done by a formula which did not take into account the real operating costs of the three buildings, which house all 169 units. "We are hoping to recoup all of that, plus some," said Zeckhauser...
...only explanation for the sitcom's resurgence. Half-hour comedies are becoming more attractive to the networks because of a dispute with Hollywood producers over the rising costs of hour-long action- adventure shows. Network payments do not fully cover the cost of making these series; production companies recoup their money by selling the reruns later in syndication. But hour series are not doing well on the rerun market, and some major studios are threatening to bow out of making them unless the networks pick up more of the cost...
Louisa Solano, owner of the Grolier, said she did not lobby for this added business and has yet to recoup her initial investment in spring book orders...
...hard times, The National Lampoon decided to cut the subscriptions from discount sources like the Publisher's Clearinghouse, which are less profitable for the magazine. After the cut, paid subscriptions are now down to 300,000, but National Lampoon editor-in-chief Matty Simmons said the magazine hopes to recoup the lost subscriptions through newsstand sales, which generate the highest profit...
...have been walking all over their American rivals. Stylish and inexpensive leather footwear from such countries as Taiwan, Brazil and South Korea will account for some 75% of sales in the U.S. this year. But if American manufacturers have lost the battle in the marketplace, they have tried to recoup in the political arena. For more than a year the industry has been waging a campaign to persuade President Reagan to impose quotas on shoes made overseas. Enlisted in the effort were 168 Congressmen, 40 Senators and 20 Governors, who sent letters or telegrams to the President. Shoe workers staged...