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...Snitching. But Gordon also reported that "the big majority are brave and dedicated and underpaid," 'and the Press announced that his rookie's take-home pay of $1,740.16 would go to the police pension fund. Promised Gordon: "Six months didn't make me a veteran copper. But I've been one long enough to know I'm not going to snitch on any of them. I'm going to cross up dates and places whenever true identities might hurt somebody. I'm going to tell all the story...
...when a parliamentary committee showed that every M.P. spent an average of three-quarters of his meager $2,800 yearly salary on expenses (using whatever space was available in lounge or restaurant for an office), it had been obvious to all that Britain's legislators were grossly underpaid. The pay scale of M.P.s was determined originally on the theory that they were gentlemen of means-as they originally were, before laboring men (some of whom now get supplementary pay from unions) and poorer Tories came to dominate the House...
...only other problem which presents itself is the installation of kitchen units. And this expense would be well worth the added inducement to prospective tutors. Given the face that tutorial is Harvard's outstanding claim to uniqueness and (on occasion) excellence, and given also the fact that tutors are underpaid, overworked, and a little anxious about appointment, something might well be done to make their role a bit more attractive. For married tutors who have been unable to find lodgings except in some remote area of Cambridge, this alteration would be of great help. And as for the disgruntled single...
...settled nothing. The chairman of a doctors' negotiating committee who favored accepting the government's plan was forced by angry colleagues to resign. Britain's doctors carried on-overworked as usual-hopelessly divided among themselves as to the best tactics to pursue, but unanimous in feeling underpaid...
...Tucker's arrogant letter in your Feb. 11 issue-with its haughty gibe about American boys being "overfed, overpaid, oversexed, and over here"-brought back memories of the way we answered this crack during World War II. We damned well let them know that their blokes were underfed, underpaid, undersexed, and under Eisenhower...