Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This way a person who "by design or failure" did not make much money would not be saddled with a crippling debt, while those who-in the traditional Harvard mold-ended up in more financially rewarding careers would pay a premium...
...latest blast was unquestionably the work of pros. It knocked out a broadcast blockhouse that had been specially fortified with concrete and boobytrapped with alarms and electric-shock devices after the first incident. As a result, the insurance company-which raised the station's annual premium from $750 to $2,200 after the first bombing-canceled its coverage. That move brought the threat of repossession of KPFT's surviving equipment. Other Houston stations became more leary than ever of sharing facilities and antenna towers with the Pacifica outlet...
...Charlie is one of two Gambians on Harvard's soccer team. He began playing soccer in his home town. Bathurst, at the age of seven. Regular soccer balls were at a premium, so Charlie and his friends began playing soccer by kicking around stuffed stockings. As they grew older, they used old tennis balls, moving on to rubber balls, half the size of soccer balls, as they grew more experienced. "Tennis balls were really great because they improved our reflexes. When we finally began to play with regular soccer balls, our reactions had become so quick that...
...boasts an ad for Esso Big Plus gasoline. Another ad reads: "A new gasoline-non-leaded Shell of the Future. Part of Shell's drive for cleaner air." A third is headlined: "How do you pick the right gasoline to help fight pollution? Choose lead-free Amoco Super-Premium...
...huge skyscrapers was finished because they are so costly. But Sears executives expect to gain profit as well as prestige from their building. About two-fifths of its 4,400,000 sq. ft. of office space will be rented out to other tenants. Extremely high floors command premium prices, and Sears plans to charge rents of $8.50 to $12 per sq. ft. The new building will cost more than $100 million, but even in these times of tight money the company can afford it, Sears intends to finance the entire cost out of its accumulated earnings...