Word: coste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first move in this direction was to increase the cost from ten dollars flat fee for an unlimited number of tests to five dollars registration fee and eight dollars for each test. The new rate takes effect this year, but the tests already cost between thirty and fifty dollars apiece to administer and grade...
...charge the full cost of the tests to students would seriously damage the program; the average student may pay thirty dollars for his tests under the present program; a charge of a hundred would simply prevent many of them from taking any tests. Because the program is of immense benefit to the colleges, both by reducing pressure on introductory courses and by giving schools a real incentive to offer advanced courses, it seems reasonable that the colleges should pay at least part of the costs...
...although as Advanced Placement is presently divided among colleges, the richest would make the largest--yet comparatively modest--contributions. They should recognize, however, that whether or not a student derives monetary benefit from the tests by his course exemptions, he is usually in no position to pay their full cost. To attempt to force him to do so would only reduce the scope of a program vital to both schools and colleges...
...Sermons: "Those who have expressed concern over the editor's apparent lack of reverence will be prostrate with joy to learn that he acquired a new Bible last week. It cost $34.95, has 773,692 words in it, and it is such interesting reading we are considering asking ministers of our acquaintance to base a Sunday sermon on it one day when there is a lull upon the congregation from an overdose of economics, labor statistics, soil conservation, politics and the lagging subscription campaign for a bigger church...
Service at Cost. In a further move to forestall socialized medicine, Skutt volunteered Mutual's vast and efficient claims-handling service "at cost" to the Defense Department to handle claims for servicemen's dependents in 17 states. Last year Mutual processed more than 125,000 such claims for an average cost of $1.20 apiece. Says Skutt: "Many in business criticize the Government because it gets into the realm of private enterprise. Then when the Government asks business to take over, they are busy looking out the window...