Word: paid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Manhattan last week, a blue-jeaned young woman sat at the counter being made up by a saleswoman while her husband watched eagerly. She hesitated at first when the bill for her face makeup?eye shadow, foundation, mascara, liners, lip pencils?came to $42. But she gave in and paid when her husband murmured, "You really look great, honey." Then he turned to the salesgirl and asked, "Isn't she pretty?" No one who saw the light in his eyes would have to ask what the woman...
...labor law was accidentally discovered by Brigitte Winkler, 28, a reporter for the Vienna daily Kurier and the sister of a former choirboy. She charged that the choir's paid performances were illegal, and her articles triggered a search by city officials for an exemption from the law for the choir...
...Crimson set the tempo from the outset, pressing the Rams at both ends of the court. Harvard's swarming press paid off, forcing the Rams into repeated turnovers in their own backcourt...
...terminal of the Salt Lake City Airport. It was New Year's and we were young and Utah was dry. No liquor gets sold over the counter in the homeland of Mormon sobriety. You went to a bar, or so they told us, and brought your own bottle and paid for a set-up. So we lounged in the orange plastic chairs, trying to sleep off the state and the snow
Department store Santas are more of an elite, better paid and more carefully selected. Few are otherwise unemployed, unless they are retired. Many have been volunteer Santas in their communities. Department stores, in their usually turn to the Santas who worked there the previous year, or to agencies like Western Temporaries. Patience and love of children are the primary criteria in hiring...