Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...French birth rate used to be taken as evidence of race suicide and moral decay; it is now higher than at any time since records were first kept in the 18th Century. On the eve of World War II the rate was 14.6 per 1,000 population. It has risen to 19.6. Reported Paris last week: 864,000 babies were born in France in 1948-as against 612,000 in 1939. The death rate was down: 506,000 in 1948 as against 642,000 in 1939. In the past three years, French population has increased by nearly...
According to the insurance company survey, the prevailing rate of starting salary offered business and liberal arts graduates is from $200 to $275 per month, with the figures for engineering students running slightly higher...
These sums, augmented by $665 collected from the freshmen to be divided equally among the Houses, $1000 given by the Council and over $100 donated by the Liberal Union, add up to roughly $950 per House...
...jayvees also had the situation well in hand. At times the Big Red was overstroking them by 11 beats per minute, but the Crimson took an early lead and held...
...adrenaline packs, calcium muscular injections, diathermy; they stuffed paraffin up his nose, cauterized his nasal membranes, gave him nose & ear drops, hundreds of tablets. Chiropractor Lester Jelfs, who attributed the sneezing to a "nerve impingement" in Michael's spine, managed to reduce the sneezes to a mere 240 per hour by vigorous adjustment. But Michael had hardly left the chiropractor's office before the sneeze rate soared again. Hypnotist Norman Waters sent Michael into a deep trance and intoned: "You are not going to sneeze. When I snap my fingers you will wake up and tell your mother...