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At that time, Jones 'salary likely made him the top-paid football coach at a school in a conference without an automatic Bowl Championship Series bid.
Knight Commission co-chair backs big salary for SMU football coach 2010
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Ms. WEBER: Well, the ones at the top - and my colleague Charlie Ornstein and I interviewed most of the top-paid physicians in the database, and those physicians are actively out there getting, you know, $1,500 to $2,000 for a talk.
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Base salaries for Newport Beach lifeguards range from $58,000 for the lowest-paid officer to $108,492 for the top-paid battalion chief, according to a 2010 city report on lifeguard pay.
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The top-paid union members earn $47,000 a year plus $30,000 in benefits.
Cleaners Get Ready to Strike Joseph De Avila 2011
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By the peak of Mr. Snider's career, he and Robinson would become the top-paid players on the Dodgers' roster, earning more than $40,000 a year in the 1950s.
Duke Snider, mighty Brooklyn Dodgers home-run hitter, dies at 84 2011
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Primary-care doctors, such as pediatricians and family physicians, often make less than half of what top-paid specialists like orthopedic surgeons earn, and the idea of changing how they are paid has been around for years.
An Rx? Pay More to Family Doctors Christopher Weaver 2012
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The other five top-paid United Continental executives have two-year contracts, a ccording to the SEC filing.
Executive Compensation Set at United Continental Susan Carey 2010
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The company faces restrictions on executive pay, which prohibits cash bonuses to top-paid executives, because it was bailed out by the U.S. government.
Leaner Times for GM White-Collar Workers Sharon Terlep 2012
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Michigan State's Tom Izzo has become one of the top-paid coaches in the country by leading the Spartans to six Final Fours.
Rising salaries of coaches force colleges to seek budget patch 2010
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The next four top-paid chief executives also earned most of their pay from exercised stock options or vested stock awards: Edward A. Mueller of Qwest Communications
Show Me The Money 2011
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