Word: cent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Manhattan Project to help extricate the nation from the thrall of the oil sheiks. Bush has been touting Jimmy Carter- like conservation pinpricks in recent weeks; the air conditioning in the White House has been turned down. But it would be very un-Bush to call for the 50(cent)-per-gal. gasoline tax that even some conservatives are supporting. In fact, it's far more likely that the next Grand New Policy Proposal will be another tax cut gussied up as tax "reform," perhaps even the abolition of the progressive income tax, replaced by a sales or flat...
...Hate it or Love it” by 50 Cent and The Game. I’d always come back after doing ec research and studying for the MCATs, hang out on the 13th floor of Peabody Terrace, and listen to that song...
...WHITMAN: Yes. Our relationship with iTunes demonstrates our ability to process a 99-cent payment without charging 7%. [PayPal does not charge consumers, but on micropayments under three dollars, the merchant, in this case iTunes, pays 5 percent of the total sale plus five cents per transaction.]Micropayments are part of the future of PayPal, and we're incredibly well-positioned to do that because we're used to handling individual, small buyer transactions of ten cents, 20 cents, 30 cents...
...Despite the rhetorical chasm, protestors on either side had much in common. They shared the stifling heat, they listened to the parents of the fallen, they prayed, they sang, they drank thousands of bottles of water, they ate free barbecue and bought fifty cent chocolate covered cupcakes on main street. There was even the odd ecumenical note on a bumper sticker: "God Bless Everyone-no exceptions...
...military anthems geared to the MTV generation. Love You, Love Me is an ode to the bonding that occurs among soldiers. Let's Go, Let's Go and My Comrades, are long on patriotism ("If we retreat, our country will fall") but sung to a beat 50 Cent would dig. A traditional marching song, Real Men, is sung by rising female singer Jinjoo?the only performer on the recording who isn't a soldier. The ministry says recruits will be given the CDs "to enjoy during leisure time." Barracks culture may still have a whiff of the 19th century...