Word: earn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...credentials of Stenhouse and Wilhite are remarkably similar. In addition to their high falutin averages, both sluggers spend the winters as playmaking guards on their basketball quintets. Stenhouse was delighted just to earn a berth on Frank McLaughlin's squad, but by the season's end he was a vital cog in the team. Wilhite came off the bench to galvanize the Lions' offense the past two years and scored a career high 27 points against Brown this season...
...Keep it up," warned TV-38 sportscaster Dick Stockton, "and you might earn a spot on the team...
...will is notably absent during election year, since any attack on inflation would hit at the privileges of specific interest groups, who threaten their fearsome counterattacks at the polls. But perhaps some politicians would be brave enough, and wise enough, to advocate steps that would earn the outrage of specific interests in the short run but gain the support of the inflation-strained majority over the longer haul. Among the steps that, taken together, could cut inflation...
...policy sets a $300 minimum balance in order to earn the minimum interest rate of 3 per cent. Accounts over $399.99 will receive 4 per cent, while those over $499.99 qualify for a full 5-per-cent interest...
...Terriers, who defeated Providence in a playoff last Sunday to earn their NCAA berth, will face the winner of tonight's B.C.-Bowling Green match on Saturday...