Word: earned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...money than ever, he has turned to the next need: security. In current contract negotiations throughout the U.S., the stress is on job security, early retirement and increased pensions. A contract signed last week between Armour and two meatpacking unions guarantees that workers displaced by machines will continue to earn their previous wages-even if their jobs are reduced to simple button pushing. A local union survey at Ford showed that among 15 critical issues workers ranked early retirement and better pensions first, higher wages 13th...
...earn money to buy food, many of Asia's non-Communist governments hope to raise export income by pushing industrialization. But, warned the U.N. report, "industrialization is not the panacea, nor is it a simple and easy process." Though the area's manufacturing has been growing at a brisk 8% annually in recent years, its share of world industrial output is still only 7% , most of which is consumed within the area itself. The products of Asia's small factories are still too costly for most foreign buyers, and widespread inflation aggravates the problem, notably in Indonesia...
...fell into real estate by lucky accident. Just after he was demobbed from the wartime R.A.F., he and his father leased a London building for $2,000, but found it unsuitable for their women's-dress business. He sublet the place, was surprised to find that he could earn $15,000 a year on the transaction. With that he stripped off the textiles, went fulltime into Britain's booming property market. His reputation for impeccable manners, soft talk and smart business sense soon gained him entree to the most munificent lenders, including Church Estates Development and Investments...
...soil conservation. Over the past nine years, Carabassa has won 21 championships at Argentina's famed Palermo Show. "These are competitive times," he says. "It is not enough to sit back in Buenos Aires and open checks. They don't come unless you go out and earn them...
...travel; on the West Coast, tourists to the Orient have doubled in two years. Across the U.S. the housewife ranks second after the businessman as a passport applicant. Those who stay home spend on second homes, pleasure boats and swimming pools; in California 3% of all boat owners earn less than $5,000. In addition, 25% of all families now own two cars-and the latest trend is to a third. 'There is only so much steak one can eat without getting indigestion," says Boston Banker Richard Chapman. "So it seems only logical that the three-car family...