Word: annum
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...StarCraft player in Korea may not be perceived at the same level as Tom Brady or Manny Ramirez are here, but they are certainly well known among the younger set and rakes in over $100,000 per annum. Professional StarCraft players in Korea—players with pro gaming licenses—are paid yearly salaries on an average of $20,000 per year just to compete in a computer game, with top players earning more. Ever heard of Lim Yo-hwan, also known as “SlayerS.BoxeR”? Additionally known as “Terran Emperor...
...received an honorarium of ?100 for writing birthday poems for the royal family. Since then, poets including William Wordsworth and Alfred Lord Tennyson have held the post in England. Their only duty was to write poems for national occasions. Their compensation: some 60 cases of sherry per annum, for inspiration. (In 1999, the U.K. laureateship became a 10-year post with a ?5,000 stipend. Andrew Motion is the current beneficiary of both fee and sherry...
...natural reaction when I read that a family making $180,000 per annum will possibly qualify for financial aid is to cringe. But Harvard’s recent announcement that, along with eliminating all loans, it will provide aid for some families earning between $120,000 and 180,00, gave me new rise. In some cases, a family earning $180,000 might only be responsible for paying ten percent of their income, which is not even half the cost of a full tuition. My gut tells me that it is a lot of money, earned by a small percentage...
...diamond for drills, precision cutting tools and even tweeter domes in stereo systems, but in 2002 it rebranded that branch of its operations Element Six--a sign of its commitment to this fledgling side of the business. "The market for industrial diamond is growing at 10% to 15% per annum," says Element Six spokesman John Caldwell. "We are trying to push the boundaries of uses for diamond...
...United States averages 9,710 new cases of cervical cancer and 3,700 deaths from cervical cancer each year. Worldwide there are 470,000 new cases and 233,000 people killed from the cancer per annum, making the disease the second most common cancer in women and increasing the significance of the vaccine’s development. The vaccine works by preventing the transmission of four of the more than 100 different strains of HPV, including some of the strains that substantially increase a woman’s risk of developing cervical cancer. Additionally, the vaccine blocks the transmission...