Word: earn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Neill was also invited to take part in another congressional rite reserved for the elite-the late-night poker games involving some of the top leaders on the Hill. O'Neill more than held his own; he had helped earn his way through Boston College by playing poker. In one night of good hands, recalls O'Neill, a man could win $400. "Nobody ever got hurt," says O'Neill...
...very nature, an excess-profits tax is highly complicated. Many economists contend that there is no such thing as "excess" profit because in a free economy a corporation is supposed to earn the highest profit it can. Alan Greenspan, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists and adviser to the Nixon Administration, contends that people who favor the tax are unconsciously adopting a Marxist view that profit is basically exploitation...
...Parents can beat their children in the United States because they own them," Poor said. "We feel that the birth of a child gives the parents no right over them, they must earn that. But a parent who beats his child should not be imprisoned, he should be understood and helped...
...Deputy Secretary. At the end of 1972, Simon was appointed, at $42,500 a year, to run the Treasury's day-to-day operations. Simon admittedly knew little about energy then. But sensing it as one of the top problems, he studied it closely enough to earn almost unanimous praise from outside experts as one of the few people in the Administration who grasped the subject...
...roughly 25% as much as Saudi Arabia was producing before its cutbacks. Gowon has followed the example of the world's major oil exporting nations and announced a 77% increase in the posted price of Nigerian crude, making it $14.69 per bbl. The new price is expected to earn Nigeria some $7 billion this year. In addition, the government currently is mulling over offers, mostly from American firms, to exploit the 2 billion cu. ft. of natural gas that now are flared daily as waste...