Word: rates
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...University estimates that it would cost $80,000 annually to put into effect the wage rate now being asked by cooks and waitresses. That this would have to be paid by the students is obvious if the dining-halls are to retain their self supporting character...
Even the existence of a special fund to absorb the deficit of Business School Dining-Halls left the University Dining-Halls so deeply in the hole that it took over 20 per cent of the credit balance to feet the bill. At this rate the balance will not last long...
...Moreover the University is committed to continue T. S. E. P. for at least another year. For this reason the University is negotiating for raises to take effect in September, thereby relieving this year's budget of unexpected burden and allowing time to consider and fix a new meal rate...
...Anita, 66,000 racing fans turned out in spite of the fact that ? the widely publicized headliner, Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit, odds-on favorite for the handicap, was unable to make an appearance because of an injured ankle. If the loyal Californians expected to see a second-rate race they had the surprise of their lives. For Owner Howard's second-best entry, an Argentine colt named Kayak II, not only outran his 15 rivals but set a new track record for a mile and a quarter-2 min., 1 2/5 seconds...
...refused, they set a cheeky guard around his miserable house, prohibited his traveling more than seven miles from the dismal fishing village of Shimoda, gave him diseased chickens to eat, picked on his Chinese servants while refusing to let Japanese work for him, evaded, stalled, levied a staggering rate of exchange. Their diplomatic technique was to say yes and do nothing. Harris' technique was stubbornness, honesty, hospitality. It was four years before he cut through ice and red tape to reach the Emperor. Yet so well did he succeed at the palace that when the British came along...