Word: amounts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Machine betting through a general pool in which the odds are determined by the amount bet on each horse-after 3% to 10% has been deducted for the owners of the track and 3 % to 4% for the State...
...shares of General Motors at 30. The stock rises, he sells it at 60, and reinvests in 1,000 shares of International Harvester at 60. His twin puts $30,000 into International Harvester at 30, it rises to 60, and he keeps it. Each started with the same amount in cash, each ended with 1,000 shares of International Harvester, but according to accounting practice, one had $30,000 profit and the other none...
...Behind him is Seth Crocker who is another work horse. At two, Pote Koeniger is one of the power houses of the boat. In the bow position for another year is Gordon Gilkey, the only other senior in the boat. Gilkey is a reliable oarsman and pulls a large amount of water. He will be hard to replace next year...
...Just A Mood"), and times when he doesn't do too well (see "Life goes to A Party"). His main trouble is that he goes off on these terribly stiff powerhouse trumpet phrases that simply tear the walls and your ears to pieces, and while there is a certain amount of kick to powerhouse style, you get tired of it very quickly, and a slow blues style such as on "Just A Mood" is quite welcome...
...much for the ideal. The details of the course of action remain to be outlined, and these will prove hugely difficult. For one, the University proposes rapidly to extend on a large scale its existing facilities for supervision and guidance. This is hardly enough. This would amount to the institution of tutoring merely to compete with that in the Square; and not even on equal terms, since its scope would be more limited...