Word: earns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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According to its brochure, "The corporation was organized to assist needy students in setting up small businesses to earn money to meet their college expenses." In its first year of operations the HSA will net approximately $35,000 in profits, to be distributed among 150 students...
Students selling milk and doughnuts earn from $600 to $900 a year. The earnings for students in the Beer Mug and Banner Agency, the Birthday Cake Agency, the Watson Rink Refreshment Agency, and the Blotter Agency are about the same. The Student Linen Agency and one or two others, are even more rewarding...
Union demands include a wage increase of 50 cents per hour, while the management has offered a 30 cents per hour boost. At present, the carpenters earn $3.25 per hour. Under the union plan, the carpenters would draw $150 weekly, plus an additional $4 each week for health and welfare benefits...
...English major who might want to do a project outside his field cannot study in his own department's tutorial. Tutorial for credit is, also, essentially a graded course, and the student may feel less free to explore interesting sidelines to his work if he feels pressure to earn a high grade...
Harvard professors usually earn their position and achieve eminence as scholars and not teachers. Sometimes the brilliant scholar is also a vivid lecturer, but too often students are subjected to mediocre presentations of material easily available in textbooks...