Word: cents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This controversy, however, masks a far more vital point. Even if the U.S. by New Year's Eve collects every last cent pledged by allies, that amount is grossly insufficient, particularly from two such economic powerhouses as Germany and Japan. Moreover, few allies have pledged any money beyond Jan. 1 (to be fair, most have not yet been asked). So U.S. officials will soon have to rerun the September begging trip that was dubbed Operation Tin Cup. But Bonn is complaining about the high costs of German unification, and the Japanese Finance Ministry is grumbling about the nation's heavy...
Zombeck, who spent time in Switzerland and at the Beacon Hill Pub, also changed the music from Aerosmith, AC/DC and Black Sabbath to more conventional Top 40 tunes, put in a popular basketball machine and started serving buffalo wings and 10-cent hot dogs...
...proposed fare hikes were part of a $12.4 million cost-cutting plan that would have raised the T fare from 75 to 90 cents, increased the bus fare from 50 to 60 cents, required elderly and disabled passengers to pay half-price instead of their current 10-cent fare and cut back some services...
...everyone who gets called by Bob Barker to "C'mon down," like Donato was last spring break when he visited The Price is Right studios in California. And even then, it's a one-in-three shot to make the Showcase Showdown, like Donato did with his 75-cent spin of the infamous wheel...
...Ninety-nine per cent of students [here with unplanned pregnancies] have abortions," she says. "Even though I am pro-choice, I think abortion is very tragic...