Word: fee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...convention in Chicago. He said he would like to get his hands on the guy who had kept him awake one whole night singing Chloe. But he had a greater annoyance. The current scandal over war-contract procurement and the "five-percenters" (private agents who charge a 5% fee for obtaining contracts) was still hovering darkly over his good friend and military aide, Major General Harry Vaughan...
Distinction. In Newark, Nathan Pinsky and Henry Schrier, found guilty of bookmaking, protested that they were not bookies but "turf counselors" who merely gave advice on horseflesh and charged a fee of 10% of the winnings...
...Rooijen charges 350 guilders ($132) for a course of treatments. He does not claim success in every case; he promises to refund the fee (less 1 guilder per treatment for the first six weeks) if, after a year, there is no "clearly visible" growth of hair. The procedure is to brush the patient's scalp, apply the secret fluid, then brush the scalp again. Van Rooijen will not allow an analysis of his formula by Dutch medical men, who are skeptical of his claims.* If the doctors want to see results, says the barber sharply, let them look...
Adams offered no direct reason for the University's move to keep Lamont open other than its "popularity with undergraduates" since the January opening and a "general demand for use of Lamont for the Summer School." No special student fee will be assessed; the $10,000 cost will simply be added to the School's budget...
Students may take a two-year curriculum which leads to the degree of Master of Arts with optional minimum third year's study for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree from a recognized college. There is no tuition fee at Dropsie College in any of its departments...