Word: earned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...need to defeat incumbents," contends Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause. "It's just that competitive elections are what democracy is all about." What matters, in short, is not the amount that Congressmen are paid, but whether the nation can again create a political system in which they earn...
Saladin sprouts a pair of horns on his forehead and cloven hoofs; these mutations earn him, a British subject, rough handling by police and immigration officials. Gibreel develops a visible arc of light, a halo, around his head, and must cope with the awestruck reverence of perfect strangers. His new radiance aggravates an older problem, particularly puzzling in light of his newfound atheism: his vivid cinematic dreams, in which he is cast as the Archangel Gibreel, but without a script, and then asked by a series of petitioners to deliver Allah's word...
Hollywood's superagents have risen in power partly because takeovers and mergers have undermined the traditional influence of the major studios. Today very few actors and directors sign exclusive contracts with studios. Result: agents, who collect 10% of every dollar their clients earn, have become far more influential as matchmakers. Instead of merely peddling artists, they now help create custom-made projects for their stars...
...attempt to mollify the 98% of the populace that earns less than members of Congress do now, the House will also vote to ban honorariums -- fees for speaking, or just showing up, at special-interest-group functions. Wright noted that since, under current rules, members are allowed to keep up to $26,000 a year in honorariums, "they'll come out about the same in income" with the 30% raise. But few House members earn the maximum in honorariums, so most will be better off. The House bill will also cut back salary increases for Executive-department officials and judges...
...surface, the Nunn plan has strong emotional appeal: students should give back to their society for the federal aid which they receive. They should earn their education and develop important values of citizenship and habits of the heart...