Word: paid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to a report released by Norman, the CUE paid more than $8000 for using Science Center computers last year, after several years of decreasing costs...
...would have also paid dearly for imprudent intervention, particularly in the loss of soldiers' lives. Such action also would have provoked deep resentment in the Organization of American States which, although not enamored of Noriega, adamantly opposes Yankee interference in the domestic affairs of other nations in the hemisphere...
What's worse, Reagan demonstrates that former Presidents aren't just more popular than sitting Presidents; they get paid more...
Ronald Reagan has been paid $2 million in honoraria by a Japanese business. His expense-paid trip to Japan included a couple of speeches and many more meals. Sure, Reagan possesses the dignity of his former office. But it's for sale to the highest bidder. (And Japanese business has deep pockets...
...decades of the 19th century, the explosive industrialism that was the engine of American wealth pounded fiercely at the workers who kept it running. Factories were foul and dangerous. Twelve-hour workdays were common. Wages were driven mercilessly downward. Depressions periodically rattled the economy, erasing millions of jobs that paid little even in the best of times. In an increasingly desperate atmosphere, labor and capital faced off along a line drawn in blood...