Word: earned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...charge went back to sleep. The Russian radio continued to urge Bulgarian peasants to "rise against the ruling clique." The Kremlin observed that Bulgaria would have to earn her way out of her fix. The price: war against Germany...
Characters in the show include Adam & Eve, Cleopatra, George Washington. The plot is thin but the lessons are pointed-and the students earn credits by attending...
...veterans' chief gripes are about the way the university has insisted on their following its regular routine. They feel they have learned a lot in the war. They want now to equip themselves as quickly as possible to earn a living. Required courses in such subjects as "Hygiene and Health," "Behavior of Modern Society," and "Principles of Learning" seem to them either old stuff or a waste of time...
...drought and despair. Iowa was seared by sun and heat. The rivers dried up, the corn wilted, the oats burned into worthlessness. Wall sold the two brood sows for $30 to pay Doc Brinker's bill for delivering Joan, their first baby. Then he went on WPA to earn money for food and interest on the bank loan...
...sinecure; 55-year-old Fred Gurley will earn every cent of his $60,000-a-year salary. The Santa Fe has a tough year ahead. Its Western divisions are snowed under by a record wheat crop...