Word: collected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...magazines -and by Orvietans, who had something new to talk about as they sipped espresso in the town's cafes. Perhaps the only one who was totally pleased with the result was Sculptor Greco; once the doors were installed at the cathedral, he was finally able to collect his $80,000 commission...
...biggest impact of the corn blight lies in the future. Country banks, equipment dealers, and others who have made loans to corn farmers, may be unable to collect. Businessmen in small towns will suffer. The retail price of starch and corn syrup-products derived from the 15% of the corn crop not used for feed-will rise almost immediately; corn oil probably will not because it competes directly with cotton and soybean oil. The five-month supply of corn held by the Commodity Credit Corp. should also help limit price rises...
Many men might be somewhat happier about the amendment's effects on divorce laws. It would prohibit the payment of alimony only to women, for example, so that in many cases men might collect. In child custody suits, any legal preference shown to mothers would be eliminated...
...clay road to Billy John Crumpton's pond five miles west of town. Easily 2,000 women, children and men in narrow-brimmed hats, drill trousers and sport shirts gather beside the one-acre pond for the day's events. While the Jaycees barbecue chicken and collect the $1 entrance fee, prize coonhounds -black and tans, red ticks and treeing walkers-go through their paces...
...adjusting its planting and harvesting schedule, the company intends to shift as many part-timers as possible to full-time status. Instead of being paid piecework rates, they will collect hourly wages plus production bonuses. By using these incentives to raise productivity, Austin hopes to convert 200 workers to full-time status next year; the plan is for two-thirds of the harvesting employees to be on full-time status with all benefits in five to seven years...