Word: earned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Individuals are not the only ones eager to earn extra money. Under Deng's reforms, most state-run businesses and government agencies are expected to turn a profit. An aircraft factory in Xi'an runs a marriage-introduction center that does a booming business serving the needs of hundreds of well- educated women who by their late 20s are desperate for husbands because men with less schooling are reluctant to marry them. In Chengdu the Xinhua bookstore owns a flower shop, a hair salon and a clothing boutique whose manager gets his goods from "a guy in Shanghai...
...think it's not the same everywhere? Of course it is. Corruption is endemic. It's bad in China, sure, but I still say the mainland people are like Chinese everywhere else in the world: turn 'em loose and they'll earn % trillions." A capitalist's faith expressed by a true capitalist. The speaker is Tommy Quan, 55, a millionaire Chinese American from Seattle known as the "orange king" of Guangdong's Taishan County...
...girls," about 3,000 of them, who work from 7:30 in the morning until 11 at night six days a week. None I speak with are over 19. Almost all are from Hunan province. Most stay no more than two years and then return home to marry. They earn close to $200 a month, an almost unheard-of wage in China...
...only candidate who did not earn a place on the November ballot is Republican Glenn Fiscus from the Back Bay. Fiscus, who ran against Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) for a seat in the House of Representatives last year, garnered just 2717 votes yesterday...
FINALLY, Frank should run for re-election because the scandal will not ruin his effectiveness in Congress. He will continue to earn the respect of Democrats and Republicans for being a dedicated legislator. He will continue to champion the cause of women, minorities and the poor. If Frank could distinguish himself in Congress as an acknowledged gay, he can do the same as an acknowledged gay who made serious mistakes...