Word: collectively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...group hopes to collect the remaining $450 by tonight, and then run the advertisement on either Friday or the following Monday...
...process of electing their own officials, the villages and hamlets will acquire a long-desired autonomy from Saigon. Villages, for example, will be able to retain some 40% of the taxes they collect, spend it on local public works. Since decades of nonparticipation as the pawns of arbitrary central government have given the villagers few skills to manage their own affairs, the Saigon government is providing winning village-council candidates with crash courses in the fundamentals of bookkeeping and governing...
...putt, he was leading Nichols by one stroke, Yancey by four and Boros by five. Taking no chances, Gay lagged the ball to within 2 ft. of the hole, tapped in for a 67 and a 72-hole total of 280-eight under par-and went off to collect his $20,000 winner's check from the original Master, Bobby Jones. "Actually," Brewer confided to Jones, "I choked a little out there." "No you didn't," replied Bobby sternly. "You don't choke and win this tournament...
...AFTRA strike against the networks ended just an hour or so before the ceremonies began, which heightened interest in the show and helped attract 65 million viewers (by ABC's estimate). But if the folks at home were hoping to see the big stars collect their Oscars, they were disappointed...
Most bank cards cost consumers nothing-provided they pay their bills at the bank within 30 days. After that, the banks usually collect a highly profitable 1½%-a-month interest on the balance. Merchants who agree to honor the cards usually pay a 5% discount to exchange their charge slips for cash from the banks (v. up to 7% through American Express). In parts of the Midwest, competition has driven the rate down to 3%, but even that is not quite low enough to attract major retailers, who have a heavy investment in their own credit setups. President...