Or did it simply turn them to new and more profitable lines of work?

For a time it was Sanders' most profitable line, though many in the company looked down on game development.

Sometimes chance discovery directs research onto new and profitable lines.

It wants to sell those plants to focus on more profitable lines.

For a time it was Sanders' most profitable line, even though many in the company had been unsupportive of game development.

She said that would mean revenues of $30 million a year and a profitable line.

Captain Pierce was evidently in a profitable line; at any rate he lived big.

The subsidies are also paid to tickets on profitable lines.

But, she said, the money they do recover adds significantly to an already very profitable line of business.

This promised to make the line expensive to build and not particularly profitable.