Word: rewardingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...party compatriots as a mediocrity, Bulganin had a shrewd instinct for survival. In 1953 he joined the Presidium plot to arrest the hated secret police chief Lavrenty Beria, and two years later he backed Nikita Khrushchev's successful attempt to oust Georgi Malenkov as Premier. As a reward, Bulganin was given Malenkov'sjob...
...electricity costs on residential users. Some want a system of special "lifeline" rates which guarantee an adequate minimum amount of power at very low rates for poor or aged people. Other consumerists argue for a reversal in the present electricity rate structure to penalize big consumers of electricity and reward smaller users with lower rates. For most homeowners, charges now decline gradually as consumption increases; base rates for big firms are as little as one-half as high as those for residences...
...lucky few who in ten years may parlay stickhandling skill into N.H.L. loot, there is little doubt. Some Canadians feel, in fact, that the combination of more young players and increased emphasis on the sport means that the U.S. will eventually dominate the pro game. But for most, the reward will continue to be the fun of playing...
...quite remote. He often looks affectionately at Sheila while waiting around for the roommate to get dressed. This gets Sheila crazy. Finally, the doctor bares his sensitive soul: it seems that a girl looked at him and said "Yuck" when he tried to claim a spin-the-bottle reward at the age of 10. After that confession, the romance is a cinch. He kisses off the roommate, and approaches Sheila humbly and lovingly, like the good, lost little boy she always hoped...
...going to jail herself, told Micah and Peter Yee, 15, a storefront regular picked up by the family in a nearby park, to hide David. In October 1973 the three disappeared and were last thought to be somewhere in Connecticut. In desperation, Jo Oppenheimer has offered a $2,500 reward to anyone who can help her find her son. Only a few people have responded with information about a boy they believe to be David. In addition, she has spent some $100,000 on detective fees, newspaper ads and lawyers. But Dolph and Teddy seem prepared to stay in jail...