Word: rewardingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Both plane and pilot were promptly whipped under wraps for detailed examination. Though the U.N. had salvaged MIGs before, this was the first flyable one they had managed to get their hands on. Within 24 hours, Washington announced that the pilot will get his reward -$50,000 for the MIG, $50,000 for being the first to fly over to the U.N. side...
...Haifa, Israel. "I must admit that I don't take much interest in music," he wrote, "especially the heavy side of it. But, liking your magazine and the way it puts the information in front of the reader, I never miss a single column. I had my reward this week when I unexpectedly discovered something I have spent years looking for." The discovery was the mention of a concertmaster by the name of Josef Gingold, from Detroit. Continued Reader Efrati: "This is the name and most probable profession of my mother's cousin, who, when I last heard...
What has broken up the household? Two things, says Pleasants, a Roman Catholic. On the one hand, "prevailing Catholic philosophy is almost sheer formalism, obedience to certain arbitrary prescriptions for the sake of an arbitrary reward . . . Where the formulae do not apply, the matter is of no real significance. Nothing new need be added. Formalism does not forbid creative activity-it just takes the heart...
...Carroll's Red Queen had to run as fast as she could to stay where she was. Many U.S. executives have the same feeling. When they get a raise, taxes take so much that they have little of it left in real income. To find other ways to reward them, U.S. industry is evolving a system of weird and complex devices known as "gimmicks." Says RCA's Chairman David Sarnoff: "You can't compete for executive talent today without a gimmick...
...gentlemanly debut in the House of Representatives of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (i.e., the lower house of the legislature). He was quickly recognized as a man of clear and analytical mind, who could cope competently with the most complicated legislative processes. In 1939, as a reward for his talents, he was elected speaker...