11.   Every sale of an existing franchise has been for a hefty profit.

12.   Funeral directors, who earn hefty profits from casket sales, have blocked passage of the bill for months.

13.   He wanted to sell the bank for a hefty profit, while the board wanted to keep control.

14.   How did Lamar Alexander turn small investments into hefty profits?

15.   In counties where payment rates are high, HMOs have made hefty profits.

16.   Increased tax collections -- stemming from a strong economy, hefty corporate profits and higher taxes on the affluent -- are helping to chip away at the budget shortfall.

17.   It also meant hefty profits for them.

18.   It expects to generate such hefty profits in coming years that it will be forced to find new uses for all the cash.

19.   Kilgore hopes that careful restoration and framing will allow him to make a hefty profit.

20.   Like Southwest, Valujet has made a hefty profit by mastering the art of making itself inexpensive.