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Word: earns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conscientious M.I.T. students, we eagerly read over your article on the state of Russian science. If "Nesie" can earn 30,000 rubles or $7,500 a month (tax-free), we wonder about the possibility of transferring to the U. of Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 16, 1958 | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...vacationing Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi got into blue-and-white trunks, dabbed himself with suntan oil and hired Waikiki Beachboy Percy Kinimaka to give him some dual time on a surfboard. After 30 minutes of instruction and two dunkings, the Shah triumphantly soloed 100 ft. through the briny to earn a small tribute from teacher: "A natural surfer." Back at his pine-shaded palace in Teheran, the Shah had earlier discussed his divorce from Princess Soraya, a water-ski student on her recent Bermuda trip, with a TIME correspondent: "It's the sort of tragedy that always waits around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 16, 1958 | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...dusty streets, urchins rock to the pennywhistle's fast kwela beat; in shabby speakeasies, women shuffle to its slower marabi rhythm. Among natives who earn only $20 a month, pennywhistle records (75 ? apiece) are selling at the rate of 1,000 a day. By this spring, the rage had crossed to Britain, where a song called Tom Hark became the top jukebox hit so fast that record companies have ordered a half dozen new pennywhistle tunes. Princess Margaret herself has cut some kwela steps. Pennywhistle records will soon liven U.S. jukeboxes; American jazzmen (including Clarinetist Tony Scott, Saxophonist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Pennywhistlers | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...must also amass at least 18 "credits" during his four years. One full credit is granted for each year of a subject whether solid or special. As long as a student fulfills the minimum academic requirements, he can earn the rest of his credits in a variety of ways...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Typical Midwestern High School Seeks Values Outside Classrooms | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

...clause providing payment in sums not exceeding $50,000 a year. So far, so shrewd-but Kwai has already grossed $8,500,000, is expected to end up with at least $25 million; 40-year-old Bill Holden will not be fully paid until he is 90. Columbia can earn $90,000 a year by investing Holden's money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: For His Dotage | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

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