Word: cent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...coal, 9 per cent...
...second-hand books, 10 per cent...
...ever recurring freshman examinations seems to me unusually severe and in many cases quite unnecessary. It is all very well that complaints should in some cases be sent, and even when a condition has been received, but for a single 38 or 39 per cent., as long as the other marks were reasonably high, it really seems pretty hard to arouse the parental ire. The freshman maximum physics paper was unusually difficult, and naturally about one-half of the section failed. Some of these unfortunate men who passed in all other studies received 38 or 39 per cent. A notice...
...Taussig's lecture last night on the "History of the Tariff Legislation of the United States" drew an audience that completely filled Sever Hall. The lecturer dwelt particularly on the acts of 1789 and 1816. The first, which levied very low duties, ranging from five to fifteen per cent., did not touch upon those industries which have since become the great objects of protective controversies. The controversy of 1789 has little connection with those of subsequent years. In 1808, after the embargo, manufacturers, in the sense that we understand them, began, and the textile fabrics and other goods of that...
...reported that the further coinage of the new five cent nickel has been stopped, owing to the ease with which it can be made to resemble a five dollar gold piece...