Word: earn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...youth, now a doctor (Heinz Bennent) doing some sort of secret research at a nearby hospital. Since he carries himself in the manner of Helmut Dantine when he was playing Gestapo officers some 35 years ago, one can guess that the doctor's work is not going to earn him the thanks of a grateful world...
...year, next fall will play the Pittsburgh Steelers, No. 1 in the A.F.C. Central. Second-and third-place teams will, in like manner, play their division-standings counterparts in the other conference. The days of a patsy schedule for a strong team are over; a team will have to earn a playoff spot on the field, not in the scheduling chart...
...paying my way through medical school and I had to do something to earn a lot of money fast," Crichton said in explanation of his habit of writing novels while in medical school...
...foreigners will undersell them. Moreover, the dollar is the currency most often used in world oil transactions. Although OPEC has frozen the price of oil until June, it might boost prices then to make up for a continued slide in the value of the dollars that its member countries earn by selling oil. That would further fuel inflation...
...added Amsterdam and Frankfurt. More important, the CAB had decided by a 4-to-1 vote that Pan Am be chosen to open service on the potentially lucrative route from Dallas-Fort Worth to London. Its reason: Pan Am, which only in the past two years has begun to earn a profit after years of heavy losses that at one point drove it to the brink of bankruptcy, could not stand any more competition. Carter gave the route instead to Braniff, which has been prospering mightily; the President cited "foreign policy considerations" that, as is his privilege...