Word: earned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guest's duties are simple: you have an obligation to earn your dinner by asking questions of the person on the right and then listening carefully to the answers. People want to talk about themselves. Sometimes that is even interesting. Keep it light. Don't talk too much. Don't brag. Interview fellow guests as if you were, say, David Letterman or Jay Leno, except without the wisecracks...
Logically, developing countries like India and Pakistan, teeming with hungry, illiterate millions, should not waste their money building up nuclear arsenals. It is a strong economy--not a few nuclear explosions--that will earn a nation prestige in the world community. But politicians, whether Indian, Pakistani or American, rarely act logically. NANDINI DUTTA New Delhi...
...sometimes seems as though the authors intentionally put an asymetric focus on more ignorant, sensationalized interviewees. What is distressing is the litany of men who especially blame women for economic hardship. As one Buffalo resident named Larry reflects, "I still think that the meaning of maleness is go out, earn a living, support a family." His friend, Mike, also chimes, "Exactly...like it was in `Leave it to Beaver' times when the man went out and the woman stayed home." Incredibly, the book is rife with similar interviews. And while the first few are amusing, it soon becomes disheartening...
...Russia figured out how to manufacture things anyone wants to buy, so its foreign-currency earnings come mostly from sales of oil and gas. Falling oil prices mean more cash shortages and still another unexpected problem. Last week the Russian government hoped to sell off a major oil corporation, Rosneft, and earn $2.1 billion, but there were no bidders...
...Crimson soon showed there was no cause forconcern. Harvard's disappointing loss to theHuskies served as a wake-up call, and the teamproceeded to close out its regular season with asix-game winning streak to capture its thirdconsecutive Ivy League championship and earn itsthird NCAA Tournament berth in four years...