Word: earned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they will soon have to admit, to their own horror, that we are now no more than starting in many fields. . . . The small clique of traitors . . . [who] tried desperately to play government . . . miscalculated. They can't play Badoglio with us. ... The Almighty desires that we should continue to earn our victory, so that one day He will be able to hand us the laurels...
Slacks and shorts, not long ago a real menace, must go, says the students Government. And clothing is to be applied "mere fully". "Lounging too, is taboo, and dire tidings avail those who cannot resist the temptation to smear the face which should be all earn lectures...
Mind you, I am proud and grateful to be a bridge expert. Spinoza used to grind lenses to earn a living, and I prefer to grind bids and plays. Bridge, as you know, is not only my hobby but my bread and butter, as well...
...Economist. A firm believer in low wages, Ubico keeps them down by decree. Only skilled workers in the capital city earn as much as 50? a day. Farm workers get 12? to 20?. Food prices in Guatemala are fairly low, but hardly low enough for such wages. Most Guatemalans live in hunger and rags. Ubico often reminds callers that two Guatemalan revolutions (1898 and 1920) coincided with local prosperity. Says he: "If the people have money, they will kick...
Incentive Pay. But the deepest quagmire for production was a fantastic incentive pay plan. Colt had always had incentive pay. When mass production came to Colt, it kept the same piecework rates as for the slow handwork. Thus semiskilled filers came to earn as high as $8,200 a year, while the highly skilled toolmakers made as little as $3,000 a year. Result: many workers drew big pay for little work, had no incentive to work harder, fearing rates would be cut if wages, became too fantastic. Colt went through a series of small strikes. The War Labor Board...