Word: earns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Isbrandtsen rides his crews hard, insists on quick turnarounds and a minimum of shore leave, is considered by many maritime men the most efficient U.S. shipper. Other shippers make no bones about their dislike of him because he 1) accepts no Government subsidies ("I prefer to earn my own money"), and 2) has fought long & hard against the conferences by which most U.S. shippers' rates are set. His most effective weapon to get business is to undercut the conference rates. Said one conference shipper: "He's the smartest damn guy in the whole business. You can hardly...
...unique method by which male students may earn part of their college expenses through housekeeping turned up recently at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and it has repeatedly received high praises and approval from administrative officials at Harvard...
Frank Scully and Tom Carroll. Crimson co-skippers, complied 24 points to earn a qualifying place Defending champion Yale was eliminated Finals are scheduled for October...
...impossible!" cried the professor. On a salary of 900,000 lire a year, said he, "I cannot earn so much in my life." The ministry was inclined to agree ("After all, it was an accident which could happen to anyone"). Unfortunately, said ministry officials last week, the case was out of their hands. The demand of the auditor v. Professor Levi still stood. It made no difference that the missing envelope had turned up 93 miles from Rome, its seal still unbroken...
...bank. The French Line spent almost $20 million to raise and refurbish the ship. The sum was roughly equal to the Europa's original cost, but it was only about one-fourth the postwar cost of building such a vessel. The French Line hoped the sleek liner would earn back the money on the profitable Atlantic...