Word: earned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still a bachelor, he has surrounded himself with eight Tennessee buddies. They earn their pay by keeping everyone else away, and Elvis leads a totally encapsulated life. His managers and agents, headed by the ever-canny Colonel Tom Parker, would like to present the image of a monk in sideburns but, admits Elvis, "I have looked for years. I don't plan to become a Hollywood creation who has several marriages. I pray I will find the right girl and raise a little Elvis...
Displaying its customary sagacity, the public stayed away, and Hairy Men closed after four performances. What with all the practice the actors got folding and unfolding, making and unmaking beds, they could probably earn a decent living running a sleepshop...
...billion for the Federal Government. The stakes are proportionately much higher for governments that monopolize the growing, marketing and trading of tobacco. Flourishing tobacco monopolies provide up to 5% of the national budget in France, 10% in Italy, 15% in Formosa. Countries as diverse as Egypt and Japan earn valuable foreign exchange from tobacco exports, which are also handled by state monopolies. Japan's tobacco trust has almost 400,000 persons on its payroll, distributes tobacco seeds to farmers and buys their crop...
Associate professors receive between $10,000 to $12,000 while full professors can earn anywhere from $13,000 to $24,000. The salaries within these ranges are determined by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and are not even made known to the Chairman of the Department...
...result, a professor who has the slightest doubt about being asked to stay is tempted to resign near the age of 60 and to accept a position where employment is guaranteed to a later age. This allows him to save potential face and to insure that he continues to earn a living for several extra years...