Word: earned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hillary are part of an outlandish philosophy; they would never climb Everest simply "because it is there." Often enough in the high Himalayas, devout Buddhists scramble and scratch their way to the top of middling high peaks-but for a perfectly practical reason: those who make such a pilgrimage earn unlimited credit in the eyes of their gods...
...German opera companies, and others were singing in France, Italy and England. Some of them, such as attractive Soprano Irene Callaway, who is making a success in Italy, arrived in Europe on Fulbright scholarships. Others got there by their own power, gladly took smaller salaries than they might earn at home for the satisfaction of treading the boards. "In the States," says Stuttgart's Mezzo Hoffman, "you can sing like an angel, but unless you get a break you can't find any place to sing. It's like being a bird and not being allowed...
...bigger things, Robin stopped off at Springfield and Lanphier High Schools, where he pitched and played third, was a competent end on the football team and a promising shotputter. When he went to Michigan State in the fall of 1944, he was good enough to earn a basketball scholarship the next year. (He majored in physical education, graduated in 1948 with a B.S. degree...
...alone are high. This year, for example, it will cost U.S. Steel $64 million to replace a worn-out open-hearth furnace built in 1930 at a cost of $10 million. It took sales of $600 million, one-seventh of U.S. Steel's total, says Chairman Blough. to earn enough profit after taxes to pay for the furnace. To pay for expansion in the next five years, U.S. Steel will reinvest earnings of $220 million annually, the profit on about 56% of its sales, will use another $140 million from cash set aside for depreciation. But the other...
...What interested the Sen ate Subcommittee on Investigations was the fact that Chotiner's name appeared in the records of one Herman Kravitz, a uniform maker from New Jersey, who had been convicted of misappropriating Government material and blacklisted as a Government contractor. What had Chotiner done to earn the $5,000 fee that Kravitz' accountant had recorded? To find out, the subcommittee called Chotiner to testify in private, and then subpoenaed him for a public hearing...