Word: percent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rupert Crittenden, who has heard them testify in municipal court over the past five years, was moved to an expression of praise that is rare when courts talk about cops. "They present their cases cleanly and they're one hundred percent honest. I've seen them lose cases because they didn't want to fudge...
Governor John Volpe's new $728 million budget provides badly needed funds for education and mental health facilities in Massachusetts. But Volpe's plans will depend on revenue from a proposed three percent sales tax and the Governor has failed six times to slip his tax bill past the Democratic-controlled Massachusetts legislature. Unless the governor's seventh try for the sales tax turns out to be the lucky one, few of the proposed improvements will ever be realized...
...state's financial woes. But until an improved graduated tax plan can be presented to the voters, Massachusetts will need the sales tax to provide the necessary income. A limited graduated tax in the future still would make possible a drop in the sales tax to two or one percent, providing a balance of sales and income tax revenue...
...fifth birthday. Since its first year, when there were 526 volunteers in 13 countries, the corps has grown apace, now has 10,380 volunteers at work in 46 countries from Afghanistan to Venezuela. Its annual appropriation has risen from $30 million to this year's $114.1 million. Fifty percent of the Corpsmen are teachers, the rest are involved in rural and urban-community development, health projects, agriculture and public works...
...Percent of increase California 76,921 14.8 City University of New York 50,288 5.5 Minnesota 42,178 9.8 Wisconsin 38,920 14.8 Ohio State 35,804 9.4 Illinois 34,781 12.6 Michigan State 33,357 23.0 Indiana 30,977 18.2 Missouri 26,605 18.1 Michigan...