Word: earned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cruise was willing to do anything for the picture; he tabled his usual multimillion-dollar salary, and will earn no money until the box office sends some back. He spent hours with Kovic, peppering the vet with questions, soaking up the man's life. In matching wheelchairs, the two men would go shopping; Cruise was rarely recognized. In a Westwood, Calif., electronics store, he was asked to leave because his wheels were leaving marks on the rubber carpet. "He was furious," recalls Kovic. "Everyone in the store turned and looked at him when he shouted, 'I have as much right...
Catherine Griffin leads the women in the field events. Griffin set two records at the invitational in the shot put and the 20-lb. weight. Her 46-ft., 7-1/4-in. throw was good enough to earn her a spot in Harvard's record books as the longest women's shot put ever...
...cruel, and fur is archaic." Two weeks ago, the city council in Aspen, Colo., voted to put on the ballot an initiative that would ban the sale of fur in the trendy resort town. Says Aspen Mayor Bill Stirling: "As a community, we don't want to earn our sales- tax dollars from cruelty to animals...
Last season, Hughes made a stellar showing in the Beanpot semifinal, but still sat out the championship game. Roy was magic in the NCAA semis, but had to earn all-tourney honors based on his performance in just that game--Hughes still played...
Harvard (6-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy) had been told just how good the Wildcats were. But UNH (6-1) would have to earn the victory the hard way--the Crimson had come to play...