Word: per
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moderator, who presides at town meeting, was named first of all. This year he is again the town representative in the state legislature, Harrison Fowler. Then, the town clerk was elected. He is paid $300 per year for his job of recording deeds, collecting license fees, and in general keeping all town accounts. He is also given a percentage of the property taxes and the dog license fees for his trouble. But he must maintain the busy office in his own home...
...solved it by studying the stockmarket, making a carefully calculated killing. This enabled him, in turn, to tackle the problem of educating his son. Since he could find no school in tune with his own ideas, he founded the Malting House School at Cambridge, a fabulous institution (annual cost per student: $4,000) where children aged four to ten were taught laboratory physics and chemistry before they could read or write. Pyke went back to the stockmarket for additional funds, but this time the professionals ganged up on him. At the age of 34 he was haled into bankruptcy court...
...quash those pessimists who point constantly to the diminutive quality of the Crimson forward wall, it need only be said that the Wolverines accomplished the 49 to 0 Rose Bowl drubbing of Southern California with a line which was often outweighed 20 pounds per...
...never so racked by such raucous music. The 200 fans on stage had the most tranquil spot: they were behind the brass. But out in front, the louder it got, the better they liked it. And no band yet had outblown Stan Kenton's for sheer din per...
...concrete to sheathe the steel girders against fire. This saved so much weight that they were able to use lighter girders, eliminated 1,200 tons of steel. Another big office-building job, Prudential Insurance Co. of America's $8,500,000 building, will be the lightest building (per square foot) in Los Angeles...