Word: centum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hopkins' well-financed campus, says Economist Long, an average professor earned $5,700 in 1940. With a salary of $7,975 today, he gets only $4,154 in terms of pre-World War II dollars. Says Long: "The decline in purchasing power of 27%-before a single per centum is deducted for income tax-would outrage anybody but a teacher...