Word: cente
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since rolling its nomination deadline back a week, the Undergraduate Council has seen a 40 per cent increase in the number of candidates seeking spots in next week's elections, council officials said last night...
...federal tax bite for corporations is 46% on income above $100,000. But tax payments are something else again. Last year 40 large U.S. companies, which had total profits of $10 billion, did not pay one cent in corporate income tax. In fact, 129 of 275 firms paid no taxes in at least one of the last four years. Those were the findings of a report issued last week by Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington research and lobbying group supported by labor unions, churches and public-interest lawyers. Among the artful tax dodgers: Boeing, Pepsico, TransAmerica, Greyhound, Grumman...
John, the jury didn't award you a single cent of the $50 million you sought. Juror Herbert Lawson of Quincy said the 12 members jokingly considered voting to award you just 25 cents so you could go buy The Globe but rejected that "because of the law and the dignity of the court." They decided not to give you even a single penny...
...newcomer Cafe Sushi (1105 Mass. Ave). The place sounds French, but the food is authentic and not too expensive. For Mexican fans, there's cafeteria-style (and -priced) Paco's Tacos (50 JFK St.). Another fast food spot is Tacomaker (JFK across from the Galeria), which offers 99-cent specials. For decent eats, La Pinata (16 Eliot St.) isn't bad and is cheap. Better is Casa Mexico (75 Winthrop St.), which is also correspondingly higher-priced, but at least the burritos are worth digging into...
...issue is usually whose mother makes the best sauce. Last week a dispute over pasta was simmering on an international scale. In an attempt to protect U.S. noodlemakers, President Reagan slapped a large tariff increase on European manufacturers. The tariff will rise from about one-tenth of a cent to some 10 cents per lb. on the price of noodles made with eggs and from one-eighth of a cent to 10 cents for eggless pasta...