Word: paid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...aftosa-ridden cattle had been hard to take. And Mexican tempers had long been riled by the behavior of some U.S. members of the anti-aftosa commission. Some of them (one U.S. official described them as having a "Texas mentality") had scoffed at their well-educated but poorly paid Mexican colleagues. Few of the Americans bothered to learn Spanish, few tried to understand Mexican temperament...
...teams, Paige has faced and humbled the best. He struck out Rogers Hornsby five times in one afternoon. Joe DiMaggio nicked Satchel for one slim single in five games (said Joe: "Best pitcher I ever saw"). After dropping a 13-inning, 1-0 pitching duel to Paige, Dizzy Dean paid Satchel a dizzying tribute: "Me and Satch could win 60 games in one season." (To a reporter, Satchel Paige once confided the secret of his success: "Diet. I eat only fried foods...
...guess you might say," she concluded dryly, "that I am overworked and underpaid. But I stay in teaching because I like it. There's a satisfaction to it that is missing from most jobs-even better paid ones. The realization that you are making an important contribution to the lives of individuals gives you the zest...
...this simple formula that they tossed Stop the Music, a full hour show, into one of the toughest spots in radio, Sunday from 8 to 9 p.m., E.D.T., bucking NBC's Charlie McCarthy and Fred Allen. Headlined Variety: "Who's Afraid of Fred Allen?" The confidence has paid...
Henry Cotton is the highest paid and best dressed pro in Britain. At last year's British Open, he parked his big black Rolls-Royce beside the 18th green at Hoylake, so that he could drive away triumphantly when his day's work was done (he finished sixth). No such liberties were permitted last week at Muirfield, which Scots regard as hallowed ground. In the qualifying round he shot two 69s, to lead the field. The skeptics considered it a fluke. Some crack golfers had struggled in behind him. From the U.S. had come 13 talented men, including...