Word: earns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born in Switzerland 49 years ago, Giacometti found his way to Paris early, dabbled for years in surrealism. To earn a living, he made chandeliers, vases, gimcracks, bird cages and doorknobs. "At first you think [commercial work] is easy," he says, "but then you see even that is difficult." Fine art he finds an almost impossible process: "I'm not sure of my vision unless I see it on canvas or in sculpture, but as I put it down I modify my vision...
...Raises everybody's income-tax rate by about 4% for the full year, by boosting the rate a flat 12½% as of Sept. 1. (To have a take-home pay of $40,000, a taxpayer will have to earn...
...School" in New Jersey, got an honorary Doctor of Science degree at Rider College in Trenton, N J. Then Dr. Godfrey, who makes close to $1,000,000 a year, gave the students some unorthodox commencement advice: "Don't try to conquer the world. Remember the more you earn, the more you pay in taxes. You can't become wealthy today...
When Helen Hicks became the first U.S. woman golf professional in 1934, no one jumped on the bandwagon with her. One reason: there was no money in the women's game. As recently as 1948 only six women managed to earn a living from professional golf. But last week, at White Plains, N.Y., 13 of the 18 pro golfers belonging to the fledgling Ladies' P.G.A. were scrambling around the hilly Knollwood course in quest of prize money that will total $80,000 this year. The big wheel on the women's circuit...
...some respects all Yalemen are Johnny Appleseeds at heart, dedicated to the proposition that one does not earn one's "Y in life" just for oneself alone. They might, be as different as RFC Director W. Stuart Symington and Columnist Max Lerner, both '23, or as bustling Senator William Benton of Connecticut and his lifelong friend, Robert Maynard Hutchins, both '21. But they are all apt to be men with a mission, whether it is holding high public office, running a local community chest or managing the Red Cross drive...