Word: cents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rejected in the first assignment on May 7, 40, or 11.6 per cent, were on the Dean's List; only 33.3 per cent were in Group six and unsatisfactory...
...five members of the Harvard ten-year class who are earning that figure, 60 per cent, or three, voted for Roosevelt...
...Porsche, racing-car expert entrusted with directing the manufacture of the Volkswagen, then took a spin in one. The Volkswagen is supposed to run 60,000 miles without mechanical repairs. Its motor, located in the rear, will develop 24 horsepower, will send it 35 joyous miles on a 60-cent gallon of fuel...
...annually. When President Roosevelt knocked the U. S. dollar down to 59? in 1934, the U. S. handsomely agreed to up the annual rent to $430,000. But since the day the new rent was first due (Feb. 26, 1934), the U. S. has paid not a cent, now owes $2,150,000. Reason: The new agreement was buried in the revamped U. S.-Panama treaty, still unratified by the U. S. Senate, presumably because of the fear that other concessions in the treaty may interfere with proper U. S. defense of the canal...
...moppets of the nearby Yorkship Elementary School. Month ago he had an idea for currying the favor and patronage of their parents. To Yorkship School's 250 pupils he announced that each youngster who received an A in deportment on his monthly report card would get one 15-cent ice cream soda on the house. Last week Yorkship's teachers passed out the fateful report cards. Presently, in breathless twos and threes, the first arrivals raced up to Charles Balaban's soda fountain, exhibited their A's. Mr. Balaban amiably began to set them up. Soon...