Word: rewarded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President was surprised. He had only wanted to reward a blood relative, as he had done in naming his brother Alvaro as head of the government land office, his niece Soledad Ydígoras as chief of procurement for school supplies, and Julia's son Boris as assistant secretary to the President. But Ydígoras switched sides abruptly and grabbed Julia's resignation, announcing that he was heeding "opinions widely held by educational groups." Darkly, Julia declared that "Communists and Mexicans" were against her, announced that "I am no longer to be called Ydígoras...
Sponsored by John W. Frenning '44, Republican representative from Boston's Fifth Suffolk District, the bill seeks "to reward the clubs for their efforts during campaigns." Frenning was fairly confident about its passage in the current session, after the House Committee on Elections reported it favorably last Wednesday...
...model, faintly perfumed with lavender, through a hole in a glass-walled hive and lets the oscillator wiggle it. The bees crowd around and observe. As soon as they get the message, they swarm out and unerringly fly to the lavender-flavored sugar water that has been placed to reward them...
...Remunerative angina" results when the patient gets a reward for his illness. It may be only emotional-sympathy and pampering. Or it can be hard cash from insurance. (This form is becoming less common now that the companies have got wise and refuse...
Miracle and Reward. In the meantime, Preedy flourishes when the spirit moves him, goes into decline when his mystical source fails him. Powerful newspaper people quarrel about him, try to decide whether to back him, attack him, or ignore him. The skeptical, hopelessly crippled daughter of an American millionaire is brought to him; the girl rises to her feet and rewards Preedy handsomely. But when Preedy persuades another woman to ignore doctors and her child dies, his own committee members begin to turn against...