Word: earn
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...clients. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, for example, have bankrolled costly arms purchases by Syria, Egypt and Jordan. Second, Western industrial nations are finding that arms transfers are a major help in balancing the payments deficits incurred by the high cost of imported oil. Indeed, a jet fighter can earn as much foreign currency as the sale of 1,000 autos...
...depends entirely on Forbes Plaza to earn a living," Moulton said. "We keep changing people, and like to give as many as possible a chance...
...arts at Harvard. So far, HPS has been able to offer LaZebnik $2000, an amount that no house drama society would ever be willing to risk on an original show. The $2000 allows LaZebnik to rent Agassiz Theater, Independent of Radcliffe Grant-In-Aid, and thus possibly to earn up to $5500 in ticket receipts for the seven performances...
...lack of money is one reason why Americans have been slow to assault European dominance. Successful competitors in Europe earn as much as $50,000 a year from government salary, prizes and endorsements. In the U.S. a top performer is lucky to win a plane ticket and three meals a day. Says American Racer Ron Yeager: "Europeans are racing for dollars. Skiing is their only occupation. What are we racing for? Self-satisfaction, I guess...
...Nixon on Feb. 9, and with it a fleet of Government cars, caretakers, telephone operators, and the salaries for much of his staff. He will now have to get along on his $60,000 annual pension, plus $200,000 a year to operate an office, and whatever he can earn by writing about his unique career in politics. Nixon has received part of his $175,000 advance from Warner Paperback Library, the publisher of his memoirs...