Word: earn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...puts in a sixth day as an elevator starter. Charles Ogasapain, owner of the Arlington Candy Co. in Woburn, Mass., cannot afford additional help, because rising costs of labor and materials are chewing up his profits. So he works twelve hours a day himself. Cynthia Bako could not earn enough as a waitress in Portland, Ore., to put herself through college, so she joined the Army to get free courses in electronics. Says she: "The Army is the young person's only hedge against being steamrollered by the cost of living...
...nouveau riche class is rising: childless young couples entering professions in which salaries are shooting up. Says Mary Rothschild, 26, a Seattle editor: "A few years back when I was in school, I owned two pairs of jeans and three shirts." Now she and her lawyer-husband Peter, 30, earn $40,000 a year; they own two cars and a half-interest in a sailboat, and they eat at good restaurants frequently...
...levies so much for the rich would strike a blow at the whole principle of progressive taxation. The Treasury figures that the Steiger amendment would reduce taxes an average of $14,000 for people with incomes of $200,000 a year or more?and exactly 26¢ for people who earn from $15,000 to $20,000 and rarely get a chance for large capital gains...
...talks with Carter, Jones uses the right buzz words. If businessmen are going to risk money to create jobs, he says, they have to earn better than the current 4% real return on investment, which is way down from the almost 10% of the mid-1960s...
...anyway, often enough so far to titillate the statistics keepers. The Boston Red Sox's splendid young designated hitter and leftfielder has hit 18 home runs through the end of May and is ahead of both Babe Ruth's and Roger Maris' early-season pace. It was enough to earn him the American League's Player of the Month award. To add consistency to insult, Rice's .343 batting average would satisfy Pete Rose...