Word: rewarded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with excitement or drops to an astonished whisper during his recounting of the miracles. He stifles a yelp of laughter at supplicants removing the roof of a house to get at Jesus (one of several surprisingly humorous moments). He rises to a tipsy bellow as Herod offers Salome a reward for her dancing, then sheers off into girlish silliness when Salome, as if for want of anything better, asks for the head of John the Baptist...
...Begin-Sadat-Carter summit meeting that is scheduled for next week at Camp David. Israeli television broadcast graphic?and all too true-to-life?programs instructing viewers on how to cope with terrorist bombs. A citizens' organization set up a fund to pay the equivalent of a $550 reward to anyone who discovered and reported an explosive device. At police urging, homeowners began checking their residences twice daily for terrorist booby traps. So far, the extraordinary precautions have paid off". More than a dozen explosives have been unearthed by jittery Israelis...
...homes owned by Pasadena's Beverly Enterprises, whose employees get 5% bonuses each month for showing up on time: "It's not enough money to persuade a person to come to work. I think we will still have as much diarrhea as we used to." For some folks, no reward can match the luxury of loafing...
...twelve more novels and nine plays. Her latest dramatic effort, scheduled for a Paris opening in the autumn, is called It's Nice Day and Night and is laced with familiar themes: an adulterous affair, alienation, the triumph of good over evil. Of course, work demands some reward, and so, with the play completed, the playwright has left her Paris home for an August breather in Germany's Black Forest. "My head is empty at the moment," she says. "I just want to walk, walk, walk." And then of course there is a casino in Baden-Baden...
...soon enter another era of growth. Great new markets could open for industrial products in the developing world, and the industrialized world itself still has unmet needs for housing, clothing, transportation. But in order to evoke a healthy response to such challenges, governments must advance policies that create confidence, reward innovation, and encourage investors...