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McCann signed his contract on the day before the meet, and this made him ineligible to compete. He also received a $500 bonus check. Unknowingly, he also accepted the questionable words of the pro agent, who assured that 'this thing is done all the time, and no one loss eligibility in sports other tan the one for which he signed...
...companies include department stores and manufacturers in the areas of tobacco, aerospace, drugs, electronics, cosmetics, appliances and autos. The highest-paid U.S. executive is the biggest decision maker in the world's largest company: General Motors Chairman James Roche, who in 1967 earned $733,316 in salary and bonus...
...Federal Government would keep a close eye on the drilling. "Always, Interior and oil officials led us to believe we had nothing to fear," says Santa Barbara County Supervisor George Clyde. The Government, of course, profited by the drilling; last year it made $1.6 billion in rentals, royalties and bonus payments from the Santa Barbara concession. The block that included the leaky Union well was good for $61.4 million in bonus revenues to the Federal Government...
Noble was fouled. The scoreboard said it was the fifth team foul against Pennsylvania, but by the calculation of everyone in the stands, it was actually the seventh and thus Harvard should have received the bonus one-and-one situation. Noble made his first shot, but no one alerted the referee who allowed Penn to take the ball...
...intriguing. There might be Inquisition, for instance, in which the loser would go directly to hell and bypass purgatory. Or, in a more contemporary vein, there might be Vatican Council ("Don't Cross Ottaviani") or Encyclical ("Congratulations! You have planned your family well and are entitled to one bonus baby...