51.   The peacocks that strut among the fruit trees of her back yard are by no means pets, but their iridescent feathers more than earn their keep.

52.   There have been times during her six years on the line when Scurry wondered whether she was earning her keep.

53.   These technicians earn their keep by trying to divine the future moves of stocks from their price histories.

54.   They are earning their keep.

55.   They can also be pushed out if they are not earning their increasingly expensive keep.

56.   They did not believe education was essential, so they encouraged Borbon to quit school, get a job and earn his keep.

57.   They lose ground for all the reporters and editors who earn their keep in column inches every day they go to press.

58.   To earn his keep, Dotson must work in the trenches, pushing, shoving and occassionally holding down the lineman opposite him.

59.   Two days later, he earned his keep.

60.   Travel agents earn their keep.