Word: earns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peak periods, and produces more film footage than the combined output of the five major movie studios. ¶The two biggest talent agencies in U.S. show business, William Morris and the Music Corp. of America, now get $9 in fees from TV deals to every $1 they earn from the movies...
...ranks of the movies' own guilds, fully half of the actors (plus Mickey Mouse, Rin-Tin-Tin and Lassie), cameramen and cutters earn their living...
Associate professors who may now earn between $8,000 and $9,000 a year will be hiked to the $9,000 to $10,000 range...
Instructors who now earn $4500 will receive $5000 next year...
...Scranton. He was approached on the job by officials of the laborers', carpenters' and electrical workers' unions. Asked one: "Who the hell allowed you to come here to Scranton to build?" Replied Pozusek: "Mister, it so happens I am American-born, and I am allowed to earn a living in any part of this country as long as I earn it legally." Said the union official: "You will just pick up your tools and get the hell back to Wilkes-Barre, where you belong." Snapped Pozusek: "Look, mister, I am not looking for trouble...