Word: cent
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...author and chief promoter of one of the more ambitious pieces of social legislation ever crafted on a state level. Picking up where the U.S. Congress left off when a proposed $368 billion federal tobacco lawsuit settlement was killed in June, Prop 10 would add a 50[cent] tax to each pack of cigarettes sold in California. The money, up to $700 million a year, would be channeled into antitobacco programs and early-childhood health and education. The higher prices would result in an estimated 25% drop in smoking--and consequent savings in the state's $7 billion annual cost...
...cent] Z Grill stamps in existence...
...solid stockpile of sodas, candy bars and ice creams pint left by the "day crew," Larry is hardly a busy guy. In fact, as his co-worker Gwendolyn informs us, he spends the majority of his time flirting with "the Harvard girls that come in to buy 50 cent Snickers bars." Gwendolyn does a charming impression of their habit of prententiously slapping down platinum credit cards on the counter and asking, "Ah, do you take Visa?" Indeed, Larry sees it all--sometimes too much...
...subscription in just a year; by then, he was well on his way to becoming one of the century's most notorious media moguls. Unlike the new crop of deserters, though, Hearst discovered no latent love of his alma mater in later life; Harvard did not see a cent of the $200 million he left behind. The Lampoon, on the other hand, made out pretty well; Hearst donated most of the cost of the 1909 construction of their castle...
...other hand, the three leading commercial long distance service providers, AT&T, Sprint and MCI WorldCom, all advertise dime-per-minute rates for residential customers. AT&T offers a nine-cent per minute plan for customers who will receive their bills online and MCI WorldCom recently launched a plan offering domestic calls for a nickel-a-minute on Sundays...