Word: earned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...neither admiration nor sympathy-"not even a sneaking sympathy. They are a little less interesting than lunatics, a little less romantic than sewermen. Their lives are drab and ugly, fuggy and fusty, and the majority 'go crook' only because they are too lazy or too unintelligent to earn an honest living." Yet he makes them both interesting and romantic in yarns that palpitate with thrills and suspense, mystery and bizarre glamor...
...Times was started in 1851 by two young men who were excited by the report that Horace Greeley had made his New York Tribune earn $60,000 in one year. These founders-Henry Raymond and George Jones, both Tribune men, the one editorial and the other business-set the Times going with 100 shares of common stock, each of which they dared to believe might, sometime, be worth...
Once they worked for a boss who paid them $8 weekly. Now they are their own syndicated bosses, weekly earn an average of $30. Last week, the city of New York, as it does every two years, auctioned the bootblacking concession. The syndicated polishers sent their banker, one Philip Bernardini, to bid. Banker Bernardini bid $60,300 for the two years, undoubtedly won the award...
...later series to settle the fraternity title was fully as close. In the Class League, the winner was not decided till the final game, when the Sophomores vanquished the Seniors. Gore Hall, however, had a walk-away with the Freshman laurels, and later disposed of the Sophomores to earn the right to meet Falcon Club yesterday...
Swope, of Dartmouth is the odds-on-favorite in the 600-yard run. F. E. Cummings '30 should earn three points for the Crimson, while either Vernon Munroe '31 or David Cobb '31 should win the additional single point. In the 1000-yard event, the Indians are expected to carry off another first place. The graduation of A. H. O'Neil '28, last season's University track captain and winner of this run, has left Coach Farrell without any real first-class 1000-yard material. The Latham twins and Andrews of the Green have been turning in very fast times...