Word: cent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this paper," said the vitriolic mayor, changing the subject and pointing at the headlines of the local evening paper, "I've cut every city employee's pay 25 per cent. They can't expect to get as much when we've got the highest tax rate since Newburyport was incorporated. It can't be helped with this Roosevelt as President," Gillis said, as he lapped into an unprintable tribute to the first executive...
...arbitrarily slashing the standing interest rate in Massachusetts from 2 1-2 to 1 1-2 percent, the revenue bill would defeat its purpose entirely, as savings banks would soon be put out of business. This additional 1 per cent, moreover, would increase present savings bank payments ten-fold, even though these institutions now pay a higher rate than any other source of state revenue...
...mystified longer, a neighbor of the recipient of the strange gift arose to investigate the contents of the box. At first it appeared empty, but closer examination revealed, reposing in the center and mashed beyond recognition, one five cent hamburger...
Although the final returns will not be known for some time, the early indications are that fewer than ten per cent of those answering spent their vacation in summer school, while more than fifteen per cent engaged in work which would be of aid in their future vocation...
Again opinion at Harvard, 55 per cent against 5-4 votes, discords with that of New England which with the Middle Atlantic and East Central States demands maintenance of the 5-4 majority. Of 526 Harvard men favoring a change, 275 voted for 6-3 counts, 113 for 7-2, 26 for 8-1, and 92 for unanimous rulings...