Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under the T.I.A.A. plan, which is still in use, the University and the faculty member each pay 5 per cent of a salary into the pension fund as a premium...
Such common purpose among Western democracies was far more important than technological advantage or more atomic bombs, Monty insisted, and it might mean "some small loss of sovereignty for the common purpose." But, said Montgomery earnestly, "the premium is not very great. The dividend will be enormous-it will be peace and freedom...
Only after lengthy deliberation could the Administration have removed the history-covered tables in Sever Hall. Yet, in making this considered move, no one suggested that the tradition of which the tables were a part needed alteration. Like the old, the new arrangement of individual desk-chairs puts a premium on the lecture system in small class rooms. Teacher remains on an enlarged platform with students in rows before...
...after day on the New York Stock Exchange, the cheap stock of a Philippine gold-mining company, Benguet Consolidated Mining Co., was among the heaviest traded. Wall Street's Bache & Co. was busily selling unrefined gold (the only kind that can be legally held in the U.S.) at premium prices ($44 an ounce). In London, South African gold-mining stocks were ones eagerly bought in a falling market...
...such pleasures, the art theaters' customers seem increasingly willing to pay premium prices (up to $2.40) while admission prices elsewhere are slipping. Because the theaters are small, the runs are long...