Rock stars and their money

Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money listening to rock music. Forbes reports that at least fifty rock stars have incomes between two million and six million dollars per year.

"It doesn't make sense," says Johnny Mathis, one of the older music millionaires, who made a million dollars a year when he was popular in 1950s. "Performers aren't worth this kind of money. In fact, nobody is."

But the rock stars' admirers seem to disagree. Those who love rock music spend about two billion dollars a year for records. They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person.

Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972 one of the luckiest was Kon Mclean, who wrote and sang "American Pie". Mclean writes his own music, so he earns an additional two cents on every single record of the song.

Neil Young who performs in torn blue jeans, sometimes sings to an audience of 10,000, each of whom has paid five dollars for a ticket. After paying expenses, Young leaves with about $ 18,000 in his blue jeans at the end of an evening.

How do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money starts pouring in like water? Most of the young stars simply show the money around. England's Elton John gave someone a $ 38,000 Rolls car and bought himself 5,000 pairs of eyeglasses, then lighted up and spelt :E-L-T-O-N. He also bought himself two cars, "one for each foot".

Many rock stars live like Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane. Those performers return from a tour, pay their bills, and buy new toys. Then when they need money again, they do another tour. They save no money and live _ www.zxxk.com

In the end the rock stars' life is unrewarding. After two or three years riches and fame are gone. Left with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely star spends his remaining years trying to attract strangers. New stars have arrived to take his place. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What explains the success of many?
2. Who is very lucky?
3. Does anyone perform in ripped pants?
4. How much is spent?
5. On what?
6. Who purchased a lot of glasses?
7. How many?
8. Did he purchase anything else?
9. How long before resources run dry?
10. Who had notoriety in the 1950s?
11. How much did he earn?
12. Is it comprehensible?
13. Who composes his own songs?
14. How much does he get?
15. What remains after the funds are empty?
16. What do they do?
Answer: 1. Luck
2. Kon Mclean
3. Yes
4. Over 2 billion
5. records and seeing in person.
6. Elton John
7. 5,000 pairs
8. yes
9. After two or three years
10. Johnny Mathis
11. a million dollars a year
12. No
13. Kon Mclean
14. additional two cents
15. memories and tax problems
16. try to attract strangers

Problem: CHAPTER XI.

One thing is wanting in the beamy cup Of my young life! one thing to be poured in; Ay, and one thing is wanting to fill up The measure of proud joy, and make it sin.--F. W. F.

Hopes that Dr. May would ever have his mind free, seemed as fallacious as mamma's old promise to Margaret, to make doll's clothes for her whenever there should be no live dolls to be worked for in the nursery.

Richard and Ethel themselves had their thoughts otherwise engrossed. The last week before the holidays was an important one. There was an examination, by which the standing of the boys in the school was determined, and this time it was of more than ordinary importance, as the Randall scholarship of 100 a year for three years would be open in the summer to the competition of the first six boys. Richard had never come within six of the top, but had been past at every examination by younger boys, till his father could bear it no longer; and now Norman was too young to be likely to have much chance of being of the number. There were eight decidedly his seniors, and Harvey Anderson, a small, quick-witted boy, half a year older, who had entered school at the same time, and had always been one step below him, had, in the last three months, gained fast upon him.

Harry, however, meant Norman to be one of the six, and declared all the fellows thought he would be, except Andersen's party. Mr. Wilmot, in a call on Ethel and Flora, told them that he thought their brother had a fair chance, but he feared he was over-working himself, and should tell the doctor so, whenever he could catch him; but this was difficult, as there was a great deal of illness just then, and he was less at home than usual.
1. Who's thoughts were engrossed?
2. For what reason?
3. Who told Ethel and Flora their brother had a chance?
4. How much was the Randall scholarship worth a year?
5. What was Mr. Wilmot's concern?
6. What was mamma's old promise to Margaret?
7. What is the name of the small quick witted buy who was always one step below Richard?
8. what is the number of boys that were in the top of the compition who would have a chance at the scholarship?
9. what is the name of the boy who is most likely to be to young to have a chance at it?
10. Did Mr. Wilmot think the doctor should be told he is over working himself?
Answer: 1. Richard and Ethel
2. they had an examination
3. Mr. Wilmot
4. 100 a year for three years
5. he was over-working himself
6. to make doll's clothes for her whenever there should be no live dolls to be worked for in the nursery
7. Harvey Anderson
8. Six
9. Norman
10. yes

question: Birds (Aves) are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the class of tetrapods with the most living species, at approximately ten thousand, with more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds.

The fossil record indicates that birds are the last surviving dinosaurs, having evolved from feathered ancestors within the theropod group of saurischian dinosaurs. True birds first appeared during the Cretaceous period, around 100 million years ago. DNA-based evidence finds that birds diversified dramatically around the time of the CretaceousPaleogene extinction event that killed off all other dinosaurs. Birds in South America survived this event and then migrated to other parts of the world via multiple land bridges while diversifying during periods of global cooling. Primitive bird-like dinosaurs that lie outside class Aves proper, in the broader group Avialae, have been found dating back to the mid-Jurassic period. Many of these early "stem-birds", such as Archaeopteryx, were not yet capable of fully powered flight, and many retained primitive characteristics like toothy jaws in place of beaks, and long bony tails.
1. What do fossil records say about birds?
2. What did they evolve from?
3. What group?
4. When did they first appear?
5. How long ago was that?
6. What group are they classified as?
7. What are their characteristics?
8. Anything else?
9. How many chambers does their heart have?
10. Where do they live?
11. How big are they?
12. What is the smallest?
13. How big are they?
14. What is the largest?
15. What is their size?
16. What is their class rank?
17. How many living species are there?
18. What are half known as?
19. What is another name for that?
20. When did they diversify dramatically?
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answer:
1. are the last surviving dinosaurs
2. from feathered ancestors
3. theropod group of saurischian dinosaurs
4. during the Cretaceous period
5. around 100 million years ago
6. endothermic vertebrates
7. feathers, toothless beaked jaws,
8. the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate,
9. Four
10. Birds live worldwide
11. range in size
12. bee hummingbird
13. 5 cm (2 in)
14. ostrich
15. 2.75 m (9 ft)
16. tetrapods
17. approximately ten thousand
18. passerines
19. perching birds
20. CretaceousPaleogene extinction event