Word: cent
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...cost of books by 20 to 40 percent over the wholesale price from the publisher. The bookstores will then buy used books and sell them at inflated prices. While overlooked, the used book market also contributes greatly to the price of new books. Publishers do not receive a cent when a used book is sold, but the bookstore can buy books from students for less than half price and then add the same 20 to 40 percent mark-up as they do for new books. Publishing companies stay in business only by selling new books...
Version of a good night out: Pre-gaming and then clubbing, or going to a 50 Cent concert...
...player: Rap and hip-hop (50 Cent, Jay-Z, Outkast), Latin music (Maná, Juanes...
...call the kettle black. The truth is—like the rest of you with some moral conscious—I love to indulge in the ethical wasteland of “Average Joe.” I only wish that my sole reason for failure were an 80-cent bank balance or the fact that I don’t wear skirts...
...planet likely to enjoy Twisted, branded them a focus group and gave the movie a green light. The movie failed to recoup even half its budget. Most of the movies in this week’s top ten will fail to make their studios a profit until every last cent has been squeezed out of merchandising and television broadcast rights. With such an inefficient business model, it’s amazing that the system remains unyielding...