Word: earn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political and diplomatic success, Torrijos may find himself in trouble if he fails to improve economic conditions for the mass of Panama's 1.7 million citizens. Primarily mestizos (of mixed-blood descent), the Panamanians earn an average of $1,180 per year, one of the highest per capita incomes in Latin America. But much of that wealth is in the hands of rabiblancos (rich financiers) or Mercedes-driving urban entrepreneurs who live in the flashy high-rise condominiums of Panama City...
...professor from Ohio, spins twice chasing a puck but does not fall. George Wolbert, 56, an attorney for Shell Oil, narrowly misses a body check. These men have made their way to the Can/Am Hockey School in Guelph to play for the unvarnished joy of sport. They earn no money playing. Indeed, they pay tuition to hone their skills...
...York Times. The professional news-gathering staffs of CBS, NBC and ABC have a caste solidarity. Their views generally prevail because the giant networks are concerned with prestige-and during most of the broadcast day, with game shows and trashy sitcoms, the networks do so little else to earn it. But at long last the sober world of network news is in for major change...
...tobacco. You just can't beat the combination of marijuana and money." Under his plan, the state would license growers and retail dealers. He calculates that the scheme would cut in half the street price of pot (now about $25 per oz. in Louisville) and earn Kentucky about $150 million a year in fees-a heady prospect for politicians who would like a painless way to cut taxes and raise revenues at the same time...
...retired Manhattan textile executive. Together, the family owns 71.3% of Class B stock and 36.3% of Class A stock, which has narrower voting power than class B and is traded on the American Stock Exchange. *Well, richer, Rosenthal is said to earn $120,000; Sulzberger got $210,000, Sulzberger got $210,000 last year, plus a $75,000 bonus. The family trust, part of which he inherits when his mother dies, received $2.7 million in Times common stock dividends last year...