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...miners are unhappy with the settlement because neither of the goals which became the symbols of the strike was achieved. They had demanded an immediate 11 per cent wage increase and a $40 bonus when they returned to work. They received instead a $4 bonus and a 6.5 per cent immediate wage increase...
...more come-ons that they used to charge extra for: wall-to-wall carpeting, fully equipped kitchens, swimming pools and. in San Francisco, even sauna baths. This is largely in response to the challenge from apartment builders, who woo potential homeowners with such inducements as free moving, a bonus of trading stamps, several months' free rent or even free furniture. Too many new apartment houses have been built in many areas, but apartments are still expected to account for one-third of 1963's housing starts...
Rucker is a possible gift from God. During his junior year in high school in Oklahoma he so impressed the St. Louis Cardinals that they reportedly offered him a substantial bonus. The following fall, however, he injured his shoulder in a football game and hasn't been able to throw hard since...
...matinee idol, now a vice president of Brown-Forman Distillers (Jack Daniel's, Old Forester, Early Times), the syndicate includes Faversham's own boss, W. L. Lyons Brown, and William Cutchins, president of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. (Viceroys, Raleighs). Terms of the deal: a $10,000 bonus, a salary of $4,000 a year, all expenses paid, and a fifty-fifty split of all purses...
Since sound is stressed, Wenkart sentences can be odd-for example, "The song of the toot root has made the princess snore." But kids like the fancifulness more than the doggedly homely prose of ordinary primers, and as a bonus they get a sound start on correct spelling. Author Wenkart has plenty of proof that parents hunger for her products. With almost no advertising, the books now sell briskly in nearly every state. They help teach literacy-hungry preschool children, but are also being used by such topflight private schools as New York City's Brearley. Sales to date...