Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...improve the living conditions of the poor because it deprives landlords of any incentive to rehabilitate their buildings, and in fact encourages them to leave their buildings vacant to gain tax write-offs. Price limits fixed by rent control prevent Cambridge's many small landowners from making a profit, which leads them to conclude that money invested in their buildings is wasted capital. The resulting shortage of available housing contributes to the problem of homelessness. Those interested in actually helping the poor and homeless should, therefore, vote against all proponents of rent control...
...public playgrounds grow increasingly seedy, the for-profit centers offer * clean, safe, supervised activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop youngsters' physical fitness, usually for a fee of around $5 an hour. "Playgrounds are dirty, not supervised," says Dick Guggenheimer, owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N.Y., part of a Kansas City- based chain. "We're indoors; we're padded; parents can feel their child is safe...
...however, the profit is made at the cost of the students--financially, emotionally, and educationally. Many students are simply pressured into buying a computer because they can see no way of competing on an even basis without...
...already exist, Harvard can satisfy many needs without spending any money. It makes sense to provide access to software which would otherwise go unused, gathering dust in a locked room. Students whose courses involve the use of specific software and computers should still be given priority, but others could profit from being allowed access as well...
...consumers who are trying to get their spending under control. But these aren't normal times. Right now, fully half of Citicorp's 30 million Visa and MasterCards are dormant. To chairman John Reed, that's worrisome. As the % largest issuer of such cards, Citicorp relies on the profit from those operations (last year: $610 million) to offset disasters like the depression in commercial real estate. As Americans get serious about whittling down their debts, the profit cushion for many bankers is getting uncomfortably thin...