Word: earned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Figures can also be painful reminders of the things that U.S. society has not achieved. Who can calculate the square miles of slums that beg renovation or the poverty that remains a blight on the industrial society? No fewer than 30 million Americans make up families that earn less than $3,000 per year-the figure set by the Government as the poverty level...
...increase agreed on at Ford. Beyond that, U.A.W. Boss Walter Reuther and his aide Douglas Fraser won some extras, notably a Chrysler commitment to raise the wages of its 11,000 Canadian workers over the next 30 months to the same level as those of U.S. workers, who now earn an average 34? an hour more...
...seventh of a nation; many who are considered "ill-housed, ill-clad and ill-nourished" by today's standards would not have been considered too badly off a generation ago. According to a Government report released by the President last week, the number of Negro families earning less than $3,000 has been halved, to 32%, in the past two decades, and fully 45% earn over $5,000 a year...
Roles for Rivals. As president, Cole stands to earn about $600,000 a year in salary and bonuses; yet he will not have all of Roche's former responsibilities. He will concentrate primarily on the U.S. automobile business; Executive Vice President Semon E. ("Bunky") Knudsen, 55, who heads G.M.'s growing international operations and was considered Cole's chief rival, will also take charge of defense and nonauto business in the U.S. and report directly to Roche...
...trying far-out sports in faraway places, giving up finally to enjoy their favorite highball. Last month for the first time, the adventure included a woman mountain climber, who paused halfway up a rock face to ask: "Do I really have to do this sort of thing to earn my Canadian Club?" Meanwhile, Seagram Distillers Co., whose moderation ads since 1933 have cautioned fathers and counseled sons on drinking, switched pictures to a teenage daughter. "But, Daddy," she pleaded, "if I don't drink, they'll think I'm from nowhere." To which Seagram answered: "Drinking...