CAPTION: Martin Gardner takes a well earned break in 2006, having written all of the books on the shelves.
The album sounds lived in and well earned — love isn't a one-night stand on a truck tailgate, and drinking and smoking are a life's work.
(Sisario) ★ KANYE WEST, RIHANNA (Tuesday) Having collected an armful of Grammys and racked up double-platinum sales for his most recent release, "Graduation" (Roc-A-Fella), Kanye West has a now-legendary immodesty that is, in fact, well earned.
After James connected on three straight 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to extend Cleveland's lead to 113-88, he sat down and draped himself in warm-ups, a rest well earned with 4 minutes 58 seconds left and the game long decided.
Their distinction in the Thomson Reuters report, and in the marketplace, has been well earned.
But its longevity is well earned, and in an age of ceaseless special effects, its low-tech feel is unexpectedly energizing.
Mr. Buarque's writing style is strikingly different in the two realms, but his reputation is well earned in both.
Aboul-Ghar's reputation in pro-democracy politics is well earned.
Pacquiao deserves to be the favourite this weekend, though, and his "best pound-for-pound in the world" tag is well earned.
In one respect, the mockery was well earned.
But the first word in the title is more than well earned.
