Word: rewarded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...through an arch of banana leaves and to drink human blood. Last spring, hoping for money, Macharia made the rounds of Nairobi newspapers showing a letter to him from Kenya's attorney general written before the trial. In return for his testimony, the letter said, the government would reward Macharia with a round-trip air ride to England, a two-year college course in public administration, protection for his family when he was away, and a government job when he got home...
...them all, Venka teams up with a peasant named Baukin, himself a former bandit who has gone straight. When the big raid is finished and the big bad chief is captured, Venka gives all credit to his peasant partner, assumes that he will be treated decently as a reward for his help. Instead, Venka's boss takes credit for the job as a Communist coup, has Baukin arrested as a common criminal. In a climax out of keeping with Venka's character, the young hero puts a bullet through his brain...
...building passages, leading to the inevitable climax of a loud brass phrase under a string ostinato and trilling winds, were expertly guided by the Orchestra's regular conductor, Attilio Poto. Adequate preparation and generally vigorous playing made austere work interesting to hear but one looked forward to the imminent reward of the Faure at hand...
...spend some $40,000 a year that he rates for office help. He can hire his clerks, secretaries and office managers from the pool of old pros who live and work around Washington (and run the chance that his secrets may soon be on the grapevine), or he can reward his friends and relatives with jobs. One hazard: if he puts someone with his own family name on the federal payroll, his open nepotism may well backfire when the payroll records are made public. Last week came time for the public report on payrolls, and, sure enough, the backfiring...
...chance to buy a share in the horse. Jockey Eddie Arcaro politely declined the chance to ride him. But here and there, Hillsdale, a handsome horse of undistinguished bloodlines, began to win. Since September the big colt has not been beaten, has whipped such headliners as Jewel's Reward and Round Table. In all, Smitty's $25,000 horse has won him a tidy...