Word: paid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...court said surrogate arrangements would not be illegal if the mother were not paid and if the agreement allowed her to change her mind after the birth of the child. But in practice that concession may not amount to much. How many women would be likely to bear a child without compensation? And how many infertile couples would be as willing to go through the process, faced with the possibility that the mother might renege? Though the ruling applies only to New Jersey, that state's supreme court is one of the nation's most influential, especially in matters...
Civilian manning was favored by the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, which paid Nofziger's firm $100,000 for his services...
Gephardt's risk has paid off. An Iowa victory gives him a tremendous boost in national media attention. However, his populist image, responsible for his campaign's rejuvenation, may prove unsaleable in New Hampshire. Calls for protectionism and an oil import fee may be popular among the disgruntled residents of the depressed Midwest, but they won't fly with New Hampshire voters...
...antiques dealer bought his first glass-flower paperweights for $10. Then he was in the midst of "figuring out the secrets of how to do this -- at first I didn't have the vaguest idea. But as I met each new challenge, it became a narcotic." The effort has paid off handsomely: recently, at Manhattan's prestigious Heller Gallery, collectors were snapping up his crystal sculptures for as much...
...surfaced last week that such a note had been sent to Edwin Meese in 1985, shortly after he became the nation's top law enforcement officer. The suggestion allegedly came from E. Robert Wallach, a Meese friend and his former personal attorney. The purported proposal: that a bribe be paid to an Israeli official, perhaps Prime Minister Shimon Peres or his Labor Party, to ensure that Israel would not sabotage a proposed pipeline that would carry Iraqi oil through Jordan to the Red Sea, bypassing the perilous Persian Gulf...