Word: earned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Astrologers who publish mere sun-sign generalities earn the scorn of their less commercial (or less successful) brethren, who limit themselves to charting and interpreting individual horoscopes. The simplest horoscope is the natal chart, which depicts the solar system at the precise moment of the person's (or country's or corporation's) birth. Just as important as the sign the sun is in can be the sign of the zodiac that was rising ("ascending") in the east at the exact time and place of birth...
...Bill just wasn't diving in the 8-point class as he usually does," Brooks said yesterday. "He was a little long on three of his drives, not getting his normally clean entries," the Harvard coach added. Though he did not win, Murphy did well enough to earn 21 of his team's points...
AFTER living together for 25 years, Harvard and Radcliffe have agreed to merge officially. No longer will Cliffies merely attend Harvard classes, earn Harvard degrees and acquire Harvard husbands. Last week the Harvard Corporation began work on unification plans that by 1970 will enable Radcliffe women to live in the same houses with Harvard men, take all their meals in the same dining halls and be governed by the same administration...
...sponsors for the 1969-70 season, big names and small names alike opened fire on cigarettes. At least two prime-time talents, Doris Day and Lawrence Welk, have sworn off performing on programs sponsored by cigarette manufacturers. So have a number of announcers, actors and commercial "voices," who can earn as much as $100,000 from a single cigarette campaign...
...usual, after money and power are secured, the name of the game is respectability and status. The Godfather, which advances and contracts suggest should earn its author at least $500,000 in royalties, paperback and film rights, could prove a subtle opening move in getting the Mafia into the same league as the House of Lords and the German General Staff...