Word: earnings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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South Africa's white men do not start paying taxes until they are 21, and half pay no taxes at all if they earn less than $420 a year. But to Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, it was merely a matter of "morality." In the next five years $140 million would be needed for native schooling. The natives should pay for it. "What," cried Verwoerd, "would satisfy the highest demands of morality? Would it be to spoon-feed the natives constantly, allowing them to be beggars who go on their knees to the white man? All they have...
Spahn went six innings against Cincinnati to earn his 22nd victory for the Milwaukee Braves...
...characteristic of HSA officers, a complete reversal from the blatant reassurance shown a year ago. Two examples show this new attitude. The owners of the Lowell House newspaper stand complained last year that they lost profits because the HSA central purchasing agency didn't pay bills promptly enough to earn a special commission. As a result, the purchasing agency was abolished. Also, a Harvard Square photographer complained about a proposed HSA photo agency. The HSA dropped plans for this new agency immediately, rather than incurring possible ill-feeling with the Harvard Square Businessmen's Association...
...influence of the Student Employment Office provides a major direction for HSA. Under terms of the corporation charter, the Employment Office can refer needy students to various HSA members for jobs. The goal of the Employment Office, according to Burke, is to enable any needy student to earn $300-$450 during the school year. Thus, the HSA has become just another outlet for jobs, along with the dorms crews, kitchens, or libraries. "We try to fit the student to the job," Burke comments, "and the existence of the HSA provides additional flexibility in employment opportunities...
...Federated's Boston store, Filene's. Seven members of the Lazarus clan are sprinkled through Federated's top levels.* But "Mr. Fred," as Lazarus is known to the trade, bristles at any mention of nepotism. "Nepotism smacks of favoritism. Everyone in our family has had to earn his position." The young Lazaruses usually start in the basement, work up from stock boys or salesmen, must prove they can sell before moving higher...