Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lake Geneva. He lives alone, the sum of past subtractions. He lost his parents and his left hand during the London blitz in 1940; his wife died giving birth to a daughter who did not survive. Just as arbitrarily as it deprived him, life suddenly holds out a reward. He meets Anna-Luise, a beautiful woman 30 years his junior, and falls in love. More amazing still, she loves him in return. The sole threat to their happiness is the possible opposition of her father, Doctor Fischer, who earned his immense fortune by inventing a toothpaste called Dentophil Bouquet. Jones...
...Birds. Questing for a cogent purpose in life, a group of brave birds take wing on a perilous journey to find their true king, the Simorgh. The few survivors find that the quest was a moral lesson-to look for the Simorgh within themselves. The playgoers' reward is the way the actors become birds, with gold, red and white beaks, and swatches of silk plumage...
...maintained close ties to his homeland as the owner of a Scottish country home, where he frequently vacations. He also says that he has an "emotional attachment" to the steel industry, where he received early training. And as one associate observed, "If he does well, he could get the reward of rewards and be knighted." As an American citizen, he can receive only an honorary dubbing. And before any future laurels, MacGregor will have some difficult work. In addition to the opposition of Britain's Labor Party, he faces the unpleasant task of laying off one-third of British...
...Overall I was pleased with the game, and getting that last win felt great. All of the guys earned it and assuming nothing unusual happens with the playoff picks, they'll get their reward with an invitation to the NCAAs," Coach Bob Scalise said yesterday...
Church principles affect students' roles at Harvard, panelists said. "I'm here to study how to be more effective and to help people," Viola Canales '79-3 said adding, "I'm not here for money, for prestige or for personal reward...