Word: drops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...result, you will notice that our nudes are more lifelike. They have moles and appendicitis scars, and sometimes their breasts even sag a little. So we suggest you drop Playboy and take up with Penthouse. We are only in our third issue in the U.S. but we have been going for 4½ years in Britain. By the way, you can read us on the L.I.R.R. too. We have lots of meaningful stories by meaningful writers. Why, our inaugural September issue carried a piece that McCall's might have run: "Sex and the Unborn Child."-Penthouse...
...Nearly all the change in the income column comes from two items-tuition and endowment. Tuition funds will be up by more than $2.5 million-from $14.2 million to $16.7 million-but an expected $900,000 drop in endowment income-from $11.3 million to $10.4 million-will eliminate much of the gain...
Overhead payments for research contracts will be about the same as last year. In terms of past performance, however, that leveling-off represents a drop in Faculty income. Until last year's cutback on government research, overhead payments had been steadily rising by at least ten per cent annually...
Observers of the count were puzzled by the large drop in Crane's vote. Although none would say for sure, they suggested a variety of causes-including Crane's strong anti-rent-control stand, a less active campaign, and the low voter turnout-for the drop...
...mortgage rates have risen from 6.4% two years ago to 8.1% now. Many borrowers must pay 81% or even 9%. Though the rates may fall a bit next year, they will probably stay high by historical standards. Any would-be buyer who holds off in hopes of a significant drop in overall housing costs is likely to be disappointed...