Word: cents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...solution seems to remain--a fare increase. Though the EL consistently lost money, it never raised its fare above ten cents. In the 1948 gubernatorial election, Dever accused ex-Governor Bradford of planning to boost the fare; because of the implications that Dever could get around the deficit some other way, the present governor has now a political obligation to keep the ten cent rate...
...result of the inadequate reorganization was not only the enormous deficit but also the complete deterioration of the MTA's rolling stock; 80 per cent of the equipment is over ten years obsolete. The best innovations that the MTA can afford are the slovenly changes in those select trains on the Cambridge-Dorchester line...
Secret Servicemen clustered about a big mansion on Washington's ornate Embassy Row one night last week like drones attending the queen bee. Inside, in the rococo, tapestry-hung ballroom of Anderson House, the President of the United States sat beaming before a heap of ten-cent-store toys and a big pink and gold cake topped by three candles. He puffed once and blew them out. The 70-odd guests-the Cabinet, some of the Supreme Court, the White House guard and their wives-applauded happily. House Speaker Sam Rayburn proposed a toast (in domestic champagne...
...with quotes from Taft's own statements opposing a similar bill in 1943. Taft frankly said that he had been converted, that he had come to realize that some states could not afford adequate educational standards. Said he: "I do not think we should . . . refuse to give one cent for this purpose, merely because perhaps some day we shall be asked to give more...
...feature, besides the out-of-season race complete with a Marryin' Sam at the finish line, what is described as a "Schmoo Hunt--finders keepers," hiking--"a free schmoo for every blister," a tug of war with Wellesleyites, a softball game with Simmons girls, sack races, and a 75 cent picnic supper, followed by a "songfest...