Word: earned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...outsize," says TIME columnist Daniel Kadlec. "The last tax reform law simply did not include enough people." While it's good that low-income households are benefiting from tax breaks, Congress has failed to consider that married cops and schoolteachers, in households where both spouses work, can now jointly earn $100,000 a year. "But in big cities like New York or Chicago, that hardly makes them rich," says Kadlec...
...should also be understood that my words were partly tongue-in-cheek, and that by taking them too seriously, Markham is one of very few readers who misinterpreted my intent. Rather than be "embarrassed" by my comments, he should be proud of Harvard athletic teams, and the victories they earn. JOSEPH R. CIOLLO
...players began breaking into white-dominated athletics. "The guys played me harder," Meriwether says. "Everybody called me 'white boy,' and I took a lot of elbows." But Meriwether, an easygoing kid who talks as if he's 30 and has an irrepressible sense of humor, played well enough to earn a spot on the team as backup point guard. "He's hard-nosed," says teammate Richard Bluette, "and you've got to be because at this school they'll try to bring you down...
...Number of hours it will take Gates to earn the money back...
Greed: Stracher's point of view in the novel is that of a fresh-out-of-law-school associate at the Wall Street firm of Crowley and Cavanaugh where he is paid $80,000 each year but is pressured to earn even more...