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Word: percents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Increase of the minimum wage to 75 cents is a long overdue measure and should be passed by Congress without difficulty, Hansen said. "It is a very modest proposal," he said, "and actually the purchasing power of the new minimum wage will be less than that of the 40 percent minimum wage when it was originally passed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Splits on Truman's State of the Union Speech | 1/6/1949 | See Source »

Three column of people laden with packages filled half the length of the building by 10:30 yesterday morning. The staff is handling about 150 percent more than its normal load, H. F. Danehy, superintendent, disclosed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Throngs Jam Post Office by Xmas Mailing | 12/17/1948 | See Source »

...Percent Vote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Vote Names Eight for Smoker | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

...Over 76 percent of the Class voted, the biggest election turnout of the year. F. William Reeb 3L, secretary of the Union, added that the entire campaign in his opinion was a great success. The whole freshman class has been unified by the week of intensive electioneering, he stated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Vote Names Eight for Smoker | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

Emergency medical measures to quell a flood of dysentery that struck Radcliffe yesterday were put into operation by Annex health officials last night. Normal college routine collapsed at Whitman Hall, hardest hit by the plague, when 22 percent of the residents were forced indoors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Strains Facilities To Caulk Dysentery Deluge | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

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