21.   But the children earn their keep.

22.   By that standard, Jack Meyer and his staff are earning their keep.

23.   By spotting fires early and directing firefighters to the precise location where they are burning, he said, she certainly earned her keep.

24.   Cascadden has earned his keep with his play on special teams.

25.   Comen earns his keep by spying on spouses and tracking down people within the Bible Belt.

26.   Fabregas has earned his keep.

27.   For a while, it looked as if the Jayhawks would earn their keep.

28.   For years, shareholders have pushed companies to make chief executives earn their keep, and they initially applauded the use of options to accomplish that goal.

29.   Forced to rely on the marketplace to earn its keep, Vladivostok still has not been given the freedom to sell most of its remarkable trove of resources freely.

30.   Former Top Fuel champion Joe Amato says he spent yesterday trying to earn his keep on a young and hungry drag-racing team.