Word: per
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Factors such as high school background, scholastic rank, financial resources, concentration, athletics and social club membership all played a role in applying. Students also had to state the amount they would pay for a room, which, in that day, cost between $110 and $500 per student...
Tickets cost $8 each, with no coupons necessary and no discount for students; they are limited to two per person. Tickets purchased for the third game can be turned in for a cash refund if that game is not necessary...
Washington was and remains the nation's leading consumer of booze, imbibing ) at last count 4.78 gal. of spirits and 6.41 gal. of wine per person a year. Nevada runs a distant second...
...month the government signed a letter of intent with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in return for $4.32 billion in new credits through 1991. Among other things, the agreement promised an end to Venezuelan subsidies on an array of products, including imported raw materials and gasoline (at 13 cents per gal., perhaps the cheapest in the world). Exempted from the price hikes were 18 staples, including bread, rice and chicken. Perez also promised to raise fees for government-provided goods and services and to allow the bolivar to float downward on international currency markets, a move that would boost import...
...reputation for decent cuisine does not come cheap: thanks in part to government subsidies, some foreign carriers are able to spend up to five times as much per passenger on food than U.S. airlines do. "Since deregulation," admits Robert Adamak, manager of planning and development for Eastern, "the U.S. airlines are putting on more snacks and perhaps using less expensive products." Among domestic carriers, Alaska Airlines is the most lavish ($7 a passenger), while USAir is the cheapest, at $2.22. Foreign carriers, on the other hand, may spend as much as $15, though the coming of European deregulation...