Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opinion, it had violated its constitutional neutrality in favoring a Socialist victory. ¶ He supported State Secretary Otto Lenz's scheme for a new Ministry of Information, backed down only after the press fiercely attacked it as too reminiscent of Goebbelsism. ¶He indicated that he would reward Opportunist Waldemar Kraft's new BHE (Refugee Party) with one or two Cabinet jobs if it "behaved properly." With Kraft's support, Adenauer would have a two-thirds Bundestag majority, enabling him to change the constitution if need be. All these proposals would cause little alarm in a well...
According to Griswold, "Because there is probably merit in having scholarships as a reward for high academic performance, some scholarships would be awarded to outstanding students in each class independently of the Financial Aid Program...
NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. In a bygone day, Army sergeants and Navy chief petty officers were important men, the backbone of their services. Now there are serious shortages of N.C.O.s in all the services. One reason: the importance of their rank has been steadily watered down. In their desire to reward technical specialists and keep men re-enlisting, the armed forces have passed out ratings far too liberally. Moves to "democratize" the services have also reduced the N.C.O.s' authority. With the resultant loss of respect for noncommissioned rank, many veteran N.C.O.s quit in disgust...
...least as interesting as the captive MIG was the chubby North Korean pilot who flew it in to win General Mark Clark's $100,000 reward. Soon to be reunited with his mother, who fled North Korea months ago, and assured of asylum in the U.S., Senior Flight Lieut. Noh Keum Suk told air intelligence officers that the Communists had been busily bringing MIGs from Manchuria into North Korea ever since mid-August. Lieut. Noh said that he himself had seen at least 80 partially crated jets rolling south on flatcars. "We made the armistice only to improve...
...Department handed down its ruling: the MIG was not a legitimate prize of war because it had been surrendered by its pilot after the armistice. The crated aircraft was grounded en route -reportedly at Okinawa-and the U.N. command announced that it was canceling its offer of $50,000 reward for additional MIGs. Furthermore, it offered to return this one to its "rightful owner" if the owner would step forward and present proof of ownership. The plane had already revealed enough secrets to compensate for the $100,000 it cost, but the Air Force rushed a team of test pilots...