Word: rewardingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps Thomas Jefferson's Monticello or colonial Williamsburg are not the places from which to view modern presidential might. But for Jefferson and his contemporaries, power was never the final joy. The ultimate pleasure was to be back among the places and people they loved. Jefferson's reward for service was not cheers or ceremonies but the opportunity to perfect his thoughts, use the language well, design a graceful structure, plan a garden ("No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden...
Roadside signs warning that "avocado rustlers will be prosecuted" amuse the fruit filchers. Neither a state law making the theft of more than $50 worth of avocados grand larceny nor a growers' reward of $750 for information leading to conviction of rustlers has deterred the thieves, who sometimes make off with whole 800-lb. bins of freshly picked green gold. San Diego County is now drawing up an ordinance that would require anyone transporting more than 40 Ibs. of avocados to have a bill of sale. But growers have little hope that the law will nip the avocado-nappers...
...second. But he modestly concedes that his film should prove valuable as a teaching aid for medical students and for high school audiences as well. The Fertility Research Foundation agrees, and hopes to arrange for showings of the film on educational television in the U.S. That would be reward enough for Hayashi. Says he: "Having seen the film, youngsters will at least know to be awed by the value of life...
DOCTORS. Some physicians work closely with operators, who occasionally reward them-and give them an incentive for keeping the home's beds filled -by providing them with stock in the institutions. Some doctors make "gang visits," dropping in on a home, making a quick tour of the patients' rooms and charging all of them for individual calls. Physicians have also been known to cooperate with operators in a more nefarious practice, keeping patients sedated so that they will require less attention...
...backstage waiting to go on, looking weary from the day's travel, the bags under his eyes heavier than usual. Out in the spotlight, he was a new man, the fingers dancing merrily over the piano keys, the face lit up with joy. Duke Ellington once said, "My reward is hearing what I've done." It was everybody else's reward...