Word: extras
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...music and it is only thanks to Mr. Piston's careful and interesting presentation of the material that it escapes being the frightful bore that German A. French 2, and similar courses are. For anyone who is really interested in music and who is willing to do a little, extra work this course should be skipped...
...20th Century of the New York Central. Begininng on Sept. 29, the two railroads announced last week, the Pennsylvania will run two more 20-hour trains each way every day, the New York Central will run three more westbound, four more eastbound. All will have the same equipment and extra fare as the old 20-hour trains. Detroit-Pontiac. The Grand Trunk Railway last week announced plans to electrify its lines between Detroit and Pontiac. A four-track, 40-minute suburban system will be provided-and over the hurrying interurban trains will be a four-lane motor speedway to permit...
...member of the d'Abernon Trade Mission, hove up upon his feet and cried: "Let the price of Argentine meat and wheat rise! Thanks to the work which you are going to give the British workman he will be able to meet these conditions with the extra money which will be put in his pocket...
Customs officials justify their collection of duty on declarations by saying that tourists (although generally ignorant of the fact) prefer to pay the extra duty rather than bear the delay. They also say that it would take so long to value tourists' purchases properly that it would be impossible to handle the large influx of tourists which occurs toward the end of every summer. About one-third of all returning tourists pay duty. How much excess duty they pay can only be conjectured?the guess of customs officials was $2,000,000 a year...
...climax to his tattling Chancellor Snowden described with tolerant superiority the last few hours of midnight bargaining before he won his extra share in the German Reparations "sponge cake" for Great Britain...