Word: earned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sophomore Suzanne Jones ran a fantastic race, finishing sixth overall with a time of 17:21. With her finish, Jones will represent Harvard next week at the NCAA Finals. A strong showing there will give Jones an excellent chance to earn All-American honors this year...
...attractive options in private industry, blacks -- as well as women -- no longer feel forced to endure jobs they consider unsatisfying. "The old days were different," says Chester Finn, former Assistant Secretary of Education. "A lot of our finest teachers were women and minorities who had no other place to earn a living...
...almost as remote as the Indian Ocean archipelago itself. A collection of some 1,200 coral islands that together make up only 115 sq. mi. of land, the country lies several hundred miles southwest of India and Sri Lanka. Its 195,000 citizens, most of them Sunni Muslims, earn their living largely from fishing and tourism. Possession of guns is outlawed, except for the fewer than 2,000 lightly armed members of the National Security Service, and violence is virtually unknown. Yet last week the capital island of Male (pronounced Mah- lay) was invaded, briefly but brutally, in an unsuccessful...
Harvard-Cornell would not earn a PG-13 rating...
...raises 500 rupees to pay for the misdeed. Then, he believes, he will once again have a home in his sweet little village. Krishna finds employment as a chaipau, or tea boy, running around to the prostitues and barbershops delivering the muddy liquid. And he hopes he can earn the 500 rupees he thinks will bring him home...