Word: profitable
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...edition of the modern Games should take place in the nation where the Olympics were born. But most I.O.C. members succumbed to their misgivings about the Greek capital's pollution and potential safety problems. Atlanta promised smoother sailing, to say nothing of the likelihood of the kind of neat profit from commercial sponsorship perfected at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Complained Melina Mercouri, actress and former Greek Minister of Culture: "Coca-Cola won over the Parthenon...
...Coop director Peter Pil, an MIT student, said the rebate could have ended up even lower this year. Considering that the retail industry has suffered significant losses in the struggling Massachusetts economy, the Coop was able to make a "pretty good profit," said...
Still, despite the University's trademark enthusiasm, it will be a few months before Harvard sees a profit on the venture, said Sylvia J. Struss, who administers the program. Straus attributed this delay to high initial costs and bureaucratic red tape involved in the process...
...Harvard Entrepreneur's Club plans to intitiate a non-profit program next spring to teach students how to use computers for business applications, club organizers said yesterday...
Although they expect the program to receive some private funding, club organizers said they aren't planning to yield a profit on the venture...