Word: earn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They have a television set, a washing machine and a secondhand Peugeot station wagon, and Robert, like all French workers, gets a generous five-week vacation every year. One week of the five is usually spent on camping trips with the family, while Robert uses the other four to earn extra money at odd jobs in the village...
...Schmidt succeeded his former mentor Schiller as Finance Minister and tackled Germany's major economic problem: inflation, now running at 7.8% a year. A staunch proponent of a free market, Schmidt relied on tight-money policies rather than wage and price controls, an approach that has helped earn him the enmity of the Jusos, who make up about 25% of his own party. Last week Juso Chairman Heidi Wieczorek-Zeul called Schmidt "the worst possible choice" as Brandt's successor. Schmidt has also recently been at odds with the S.P.D.'s coalition partners, the Free Democrats...
...families" who virtually own the economy have been desperately maneuvering and power-brokering to keep the junta from making concessions to restive workers. The junta's headquarters in the Presidential Palace has been besieged daily by laborers petitioning for better conditions and pay. Lisbon postal clerks, who now earn about 4,000 escudos ($160) a month, erected a banner demanding higher wages. The banner originally called for 6,000 escudos, but by week's end the figure had been raised...
...Tour d'Argent is one of only four Parisian restaurants that consistently earn three stars-the highest rating-from the Guide Michelin, France's arbiter of gastronomy. The others: Maxim's, Las-serre and Le Grand Vefour...
...served up his second hit of the day to drive in the tying and go-ahead runs. It almost looked as if O'Malley would be saddled with another undeserved loss, but the Crimson bats were able to put the ball where they wanted it in the sixth to earn...