Word: rewardingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...perhaps a dozen revolutions, one set of parents plucks their beloved bundle from a pod proudly emblazoned with a screaming, claws-out eagle, the stars and stripes, and the words "Cong Killer" on the side-and stuffs a thick wad of pink cotton candy in his mouth as a reward for not throwing up in his very first ride at the midway...
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad; for great is your reward in heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets which were before...
...unfortunately, when ideology becomes camouflaged by a striving for surface effect, even this production's occasional virtues of acting and technique are not in themselves enough of a reward...
Companies that neglect to consider the blue collar workers' worries and dissatisfactions pay a hidden price in low production, goofing off, absenteeism, high job turnover and union grievances. By contrast, management's reward for concerning itself more deeply and more knowledgeably about the blue collar worker's cares has been an increase in productivity. That, in turn, is the key to raising labor's living standards and meeting the demands for more leisure. Since World War II, U.S. productivity has risen an average of about 3.3% annually, but for the whole period from the end of 1967 to early this...
...working men and women were killed by police or by company thugs during strikes and hunger marches. The decades since then have been almost unnaturally peaceful. Militancy was submerged during World War II and again during the Korean War. Then, in the late '50s and '60s, wages jumped in reward for fast-rising productivity...