Word: cents
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...ruble lost one-fourth of its value against the greenback Tuesday in the worst one-day nosedive since 1992. It closed at 3,926 to the dollar, or 1/40th of a cent, at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, a drop of 845 points. Russians went on a buying spree, picking up durables like refrigerators, stereo and televisions -- anything to rid themselves of their national currency. What caused the drop? Speculators dumping the currency in huge quantities, and an underlaying pessimism about the country's political stability...
Ball St. 31, Cent. Michigan...
...Cent. Florida 27, Illinois...
What is most worth saving in the bill? The ban on assault weapons, which won't cost taxpayers a cent. The building of more prisons, which will cut the number of plea bargains and ensure that those who should remain behind bars do so. And most important, the hiring of 100,000 new cops...
...Ninety per cent of the people of Bangladeshi origin living in New York can't speak the English of the average American," observes travel agent Mohammed Hossain (no relation to Mukit). "Letterman seems to be enjoying their failure." And yes, standing by the Mississippi last week, the pair triggered the brittle Letterman chuckle by staring blankly at a reference to the Stanley Cup and discovering new consonants in words like Illinois...