Word: costs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Graphic made its contest so difficult that none but experienced puzzlers had a ghost of a chance, and so expensive (an entry cost from $9 to $12) that comparatively few of their regular readers tried the game. Those of them who did participate endeavored to find the best answers in a catalog of over 6,000 titles in small print, whereas the so-called experts purchased for $1 each lists of answers compiled by other experts, which contained about 40 titles per picture, and from these short lists they made their selections that won the big money...
...Raskob's banquet he said: "Installment selling has increased production, stabilized output, reduced production cost and increased purchasing power. The installment plan induces the consumer to look ahead with greater care and to plan his economic program with a higher degree of intelligence. It not only tends to strengthen the motives which induce an individual to pay, but also influences his capacity...
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...Entrance Examination Board this month was productive of two conclusions that evoke interest in those who are not too busy practising on the high burdles to remember the low ones. For the first time in its career the treasury of the Board shows a deficit, due to the increased cost of examination. The fee remains $10, while the cost per candidate of examination has risen from $7.98 to $11.11. The deficit is to be made up by the sale of the Board's publications, a possible increase in the fee, and most significant of all, an increased membership charge...
According to King Alfonso, the proposed tunnel would cost around 250,000,000 pesetas ($48,250,000), which he declared to be a small amount compared to the advantages that Spain would reap from a commercial undersea road to Africa...