21.   Sony insists that the studios are not on the block now, and they are enjoying their most profitable year ever.

22.   The company has never had a profitable year.

23.   The firm is owned by its partners who are paid millions of dollars in profitable years, much of which they reinvest until they retire or otherwise leave.

24.   The Rothermels have just finished their most profitable year ever on the farm.

25.   We just had a very strong year and had two profitable years in a row since the ESOP went into effect.

26.   While most of Wall Street reeled, Merrill Lynch, on track to log its second most profitable year ever, had become a darling of securities industry analysts.

27.   He noted that all three companies were enjoying profitable years.

28.   In addition, Kelly said Xerox chief executive officer Paul Allaire promised a profitable year, unlike other company executives who have lowered expectations.

29.   Australian mining group Pasminco Ltd. cautiously forecast a profitable financial year Wednesday after reporting an interim profit turnaround.

30.   Rominger, financially secure after several profitable years with a Spanish team, is phlegmatic about what it would mean were he to win the Tour.