Word: earned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most football players take at least one bruising season to earn a reputation. Purdue's Leonard ("The Arm") Dawson took just three-quarters of an hour spread across two autumn afternoons. Last month, while the Boilermakers beat Missouri 31-0, the 19th-year-old sophomore spent 23 minutes on the field, threw passes that scored four out of five of his team's touchdowns. Fortnight ago, Dawson took just 22 minutes to upset powerful Notre Dame by tossing four touchdown passes, intercepting one Irish attempt, and kicking three out of four conversions. Final, score: Dawson 27, Notre Dame...
...should suggest to those Legionnaires who are agitating for this $100 per month pension at the age of 60 that they earn it by correspondence courses, active duty for training, participation in reserve drill as the rest...
Suppose an enterprising student wins himself a scholarship from the University worth $1000 a year. Then suppose that he can earn still another $1000 a year. Father does not have to add $2000 to Junior's income in order to claim him as an exemption. For scholarships, under the new law, are tax exempt. The parent in this situation has to match only $1000--his son's actual earned income...
Thus, as Graham R. Taylor '49, director of the Student Employment Office, commented this week, "The old problem is still there, but it affects far fewer people. Few college students can earn as much as $1200 a year, but literally thousands can easily...
...eligible for these grants are seniors in the College and armed services veterans and men who have an A.B. degree from an accredited college. The scholarships send students to Oxford University in England, where they may join any college and take up study for two years to earn an A.B. degree from Oxford...