Word: costing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...largest piece of work now being accomplished by the Oxford Press is the preparation of a new English dictionary. The work should be finished by 1918, thirty years after the issuing of the first volume. The total cost of this dictionary will be about $500,000, but it is recognized as the greatest recent English literary work...
...prepared a new edition of "Students' Expenses and College Aids" which aims to answer the many letters received in regard to the expense of attending the University. The booklet considers the necessary College expenses, the institutions, as the dining halls, and loan libraries, tending to keep down the cost of living, scholarships, and the chances for employment during the college year and in summer. The report of the secretary for student employment shows that students of the University earned $107,711.96 during the year...
...kinds and of many tongues. The news is transmitted over trunk telegraph lines from which many hundreds of smaller wires radiate. Infinite wire trouble and the loss of many thousands of dollars is caused by disasters, such as the recent Ohio floods. But news must be gotten at any cost...
...Cost of Installation...
...cost of installation will be about $20 per individual suite. The charge for the use of the electricity itself will be at most $4 per man, the college being able to provide it at half price. There is no question as to the convenience of electricity, and little question, too, as to its preference over gas as far as ventilation goes...