Word: percents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...McManus said the city was allowed to convert only 10 percent of such spaces, an interpretation that Drisdell said was inconsistent with what the city negotiated...
...bottom line is that the plaintiffs are saying that the 10 percent cap should apply in Cambridge, and it is the city's position that it does not apply," Drisdell said...
When the law went into effect in 1975, Cambridge had a total of 3500 commercial parking spaces, but the city was allowed to add an additional 10 percent because it eliminated some on-street parking, McManus said. Now, however, the city has approximately 13,000 spaces, well in excess of the allowable limit, she added...
House sources said Keverian is strongly pressuring Democratic party leaders to support the tax package, which includes a state sales tax increase from 5 percent to 6.5 percent, doubling of the capital gains tax from 5 percent to 10 percent and a six-cent increase in the gasoline...
Within the United States today, the richest one percent of the population now owns over half the wealth in this country and the richest 10 percent owns over 80 percent of the wealth (excluding home ownership). The gap between the rich and the poor is growing wider. Further, with the recent "merger mania" and the incredible growth of huge, multinational corporations, a handful of corporate executives now exercise unprecedented power over the economic life of the nation...