Not all robber barons started as a poor people.

The first beneficiaries of welfare were not poor people but large corporations.

The robber barons believed on competitions.

These men made a great deal of money and took care of their workers.

Obstinate

Persistent

Stubborn

Devour

"A congressional committee noted that the rifles were defective in the small print of an obscure report, but a federal judge upheld the deal as the fulfillment of a valid legal contract.

"How could he make a profit? By making sure Congress passed tariffs keeping our foreign steel; by closing off competition and maintaining the price at $28 a ton; and by working 200,000 men twelve hours a day for wages that barely kept their families alive."

"These industries were the first beneficiaries of the 'welfare state'."

"To be kidnapped, you have to be in a movie theater, seated in the dark among anonymous strangers."

"For some 15 years there were new masterpieces every month. How far away that era seems now."

Usually, as production costs __________, ticket prices rise.

When ticket prices rise, people's enthusiasm for buying movie tickets often _________.

Movie ticket sales may __________ dramatically when the economy is weak and prices for the basic necessities of life _______ _______.

To get a film off the ground, its creative directors need to be assured of the producer's financial backing.

When a mega-hit is in the planning stages, potential investors immediately compete to get in on the ground floor.

Obviously, a film can be a success when everyone involved in it--actors, directors, costume designers, and so on--works himself in to the ground.