Word: earns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thor Heyerdahl was a determined scientist with a theory. It was his belief that a resolute young man, by rafting across the Pacific, could earn enough money to retire for life. "Kon-Tiki"--which has grossed him an estimated four million--has proven Heyerdahl's point, and it's also a darn good movie...
...Chadds Ford boy coming down the street on a shiny new bicycle covered with gadgets. "Somehow he seemed to express a great deal about America," says Andy. "I thought to myself, 'Now he thinks his bicycle is wonderful, but in a year he'll earn enough to buy himself a car.' I was struck by the freedom he represented-by distances in this country, the plains of the Little Bighorn and Custer and Daniel Boone and a lot of other things. I was excited by the motion of the bicycle too. The moving wheels were...
Cried Hawes: "What can holidays with pay in agriculture do for 40 million workers in India, who only work four months out of a year anyway? They need a job; they don't need holidays." In Mexico, said Hawes, peasants need land reforms and a chance to earn a decent living much more than they need vacations with...
When The Thurber Album is completed, his next big effort will probably be another play. On Men, Women and Dogs, Thurber has a percentage-of-box-office deal with United Productions. If the picture is a success-and nearly everything Thurber touches creatively is successful-he will earn a great deal of money. For a man who has never once demeaned his talent for profit, nor ever aimed at mass appeal, he has already earned quite...
Actually, the Pennsy feels it has little inducement to treat its passengers better. Says Franklin: "In 1950, it cost the Pennsylvania $1.15 to earn each dollar on its passenger business. We lost $49 million on our passenger business* last year; the more passengers you have the more money you lose. We want passengers, but we want them on profitable runs like New York to Washington. Since the war we have cut our passenger mileage by 33.4% in an effort to eliminate unprofitable routes...