Word: earned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Concerning your May 13 report on the third plenary assembly of the French Catholic Church: as a Catholic, I see no inconvenience in allowing French priests to earn their living in secular jobs which are not incompatible with their religious activities. St. Paul, the Master's best priest and preacher, was a tentmaker, and his priesthood was a vocation and not a paying job. It is high time some of our church dignitaries realized that in the 20th century we can't live by medieval standards...
...Conference recognizes that athletes cannot be expected to earn money by part-time jobs during the term, since both the time and energy requirements on the athlete-student are great. Nevertheless it feels that an assistance program must not become simply a "play-for-pay" proposition, and must be based on the principle that education is more important to the student than athletics...
...Angeles Board of Education: "Boys and their parents are made to believe in the social necessity of a university education, even though we know that an IQ of no is necessary to succeed in college, and many of those who have it would be happier, and often earn more, in a trade or a technical...
...situation will grow even worse in 1958 and 1959. Every major carrier has placed orders for swift new jet transports whose initial cost is three times more than current piston-engine planes. Estimates are that over the long run the planes will be able to earn twice as much money as their older counterparts. Yet rising costs are eating away the profits the lines had hoped to set aside to buy them. American Airlines, for example, has $250 million worth of new jets and turboprops on order. It has a $135 million loan to pay for part of the cost...
Before 1957 is over, good-looking, 19-year-old Tommy will earn more than $100,000. Yet he is still barely aware of the scope of his success, hardly knows what he is scheduled to do next or what he will receive for it, gets $25 a week in pocket money from his shrewd managers, his mother and a Hollywood hillbilly impresario named Cliffie Stone...