The Jonas Brothers, a young group that's getting used to being described as a (slightly) louder version of Hanson, played a low-key set on one of the smallest stages; it's getting a huge promotional push, which may well earn it the screaming preteen fans it clearly wants.
Goodyear's fund might well earn its projected 10% return over the next several decades, as it insists it will.
Its success may be well earned, but it also seems troublingly disproportionate.
Well, they have earned it.
And if you're lucky enough to be safe, fed, clothed, and unexploited – well, surely you've earned it?
(BusinessWeek, in its captain-of-industry feature, declared a "genome gold rush" and explained its election of Mr. Venter to cover-photo status this way: "Well, Craig, you've earned it").
It's also often accompanied with personal compliments, such as "You've earned it!" Well, even if you have, indeed, earned it, "Don't Act Now!" is the action that's needed on your part.
Its well-publicised medical research earned it over $100m abroad in 1998.
Rosalie Nickerson wrote: "It is simply another callous excuse for the government to take well earned money and invest it in the arms trade that destroys far more innocent lives than sugary drinks.
As well as earning it credentials as a good citizen, this was also a safe way to counter American influence.
