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...third criterion will serve to provide a true comparison between wage levels in Japan and other areas of the world. Figures are often seen which give average wages in different countries in terms of U.S. dollars. According to these statistics the average Japanese laborer receives a paycheck one-eighth the amount of that given to an American and one-third the amount given to a British worker. But this comparison is unfair. The real truth lies in the sum of goods and services the Japanese laborer can acquire with his wages, in terms of real returns, compensation in Japanese export...
...bout of typhoid fever that brought his weight down from 204 Ibs. to 99 Ibs. When he was on his feet again, he landed a job with a small contractor in Phoenix. One day, when he was working on the construction of a new grocery store, his paycheck bounced, and his employer disappeared. The grocer asked young Webb to take over the job, and the Del E. Webb Construction Co. was born. Its total assets: one cement mixer, ten wheelbarrows, 20 shovels and ten picks...
Dunbar's bulletin boards are full of its graduates' most satisfying diplomas: their first paycheck stubs. Last week one teacher proudly pointed to two more $176 (weekly) stubs, brought in by new bricklayers. "They get dirty after a few weeks," said the teacher. "But I always know there'll be fresh ones...
...glimpse of a crumpling block, a tooth-rattling tackle, or a precisely executed pass. Like a Broadway talent hunter who scours the chorus line for a budding star, the pro scout examines Saturday's heroes for the skill, size, strength and stamina that may be worth a Sunday paycheck. This week, prepared to back up their choices with cash in their annual draft, the scouts of both professional football leagues took time out to compile a team of the nation's best pro prospects. TIME's pro-picked All-America...
Once a friend volunteered to help bail him out of his debts if he would stop gambling. Fred's resolve lasted until he got his next paycheck, which he promptly lost in a crap game. "I was on a one-way train that had only two stops-suicide or death," says Fred. But he managed to jump off the train with the help of an organization called Gamblers Anonymous...