He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

When he returned to West Virginia, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Marshall College in nineteen forty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.10.17

In return,they earned one hundred twenty-five dollars, later raised to two hundred fifty dollars, for each book.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

She went on to Tennessee State University where she earned a degree in speech and performing arts.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

He said his daughters had "earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House."

VOA: special.2009.01.16

She has donated some of the money she has earned from the book to the organization.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

From there he received an invitation to study at Purdue, where he earned a doctoral degree.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

Here he would give a violin concerts and earned money to buy food and clothes.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

He worked hard. In time,he earned enough money to take control of an iron factory.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

She earned most of the money to buy it by working for a telephone company.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

They were not paid to do this. They earned their money at other jobs, but dropped what they were doing when the fire bell rang.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

You have earned it. The right to hold a job? You have earned it.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

You have earned it. The right to study in any school.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

The right to be anyone's neighbor. You have earned it."

VOA: special.2009.08.23

He turned to jazz in high school, and later earned a music degree from North Texas State University.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Though he was born to one of the wealthiest families in the United States, Kennedy earned a reputation as a defender of the underprivileged.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

His follow-up stint as a watermelon farmer in Oklahoma earned him the nickname Watermelon Slim, a name he also gives to his own special brand of music.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

She went to college and earned a Master's degree in electrical engineering.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"We believe he will be confirmed. There is no doubt there is anger and frustration in this country about the direction of our economy, and about what has happened with excessive risk-taking by big banks, and the American people having to lend their hard-earned money to bail them out.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24