Word: bonuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Espinosa proclaimed himself President, decreed a Christmas bonus for all work ers, and broadcast a call for popular revolt. Santiago's police chief politely invited Espinosa over to the Police Palace for "friendly talks," then unceremoniously tossed him into jail, thus ending the affair...
...linemen were "neither big enough nor quick enough." These heart-rending groans, of course, were only a tactical maneuver - designed to keep prices down. Last year competition for talent between the two pro leagues was so intense that a taxi-squad quarterback got $200,000 in bonus money, a first-stringer got $400,000, and a rookie lineman collected $150,000 just for signing a contract. This year the battle for graduating college stars figures to be fiercer than ever, if for no other reason than that each league has one new team to stock from scratch: the Atlanta Falcons...
...fact, most high school stars with a notion of making it in the pros don't apply to Ivy League colleges anyway. A halfback can build a much bigger reputation (and command a much plumper bonus) if he goes to Texas rather than Brown...
...thing. Nobody, including Sandy Koufax, had any idea how good he was to become when, as an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Cincinnati, he was spotted playing on a sandlot team. In 1954, Sandy signed a Dodger contract for $6,000 plus a $14,000 bonus. Scout Al Campanis wrote in his memo to Dodger Owner Walter O'Malley: "No. 1, he's a Brooklyn boy. No. 2, he's Jewish." The Dodgers' move to Los Angeles was still four years away. In the meantime, says General Manager Buzzie Bavasi, "there were many...
...fail to mention the greatest cause of poverty: the fact that two poverty-stricken people are encouraged to multiply the problem by producing new poverty cases. Politicians might consider an annual cash bonus for nonproduction, the amount to double for the second year, triple for the third, etc. This might eventually get parents off relief and reduce the future relief load...