Word: rent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manufacturers in advertisements," Roosevelt pointed out that "It's the little guy who gets hurt in inflation. Veterans don't get rich in the war," he said, citing surveys indicating that 84 percent of them could afford only a maximum of $6,000 for building homes of $50 monthly rent...
...above normal capacity. Not only will every room be occupied but present plans call for an extra man being quartered in every room in which it is possible. This increased number of men per room will add substantially to the University's rental income even if the basic rent level remained unchanged. This is to say nothing of the fact that the University will be receiving rent for three terms a year instead...
...Official Register of Harvard College for the term lists the average rent at $115, but when I signed up for a room the cheapest one I could apply for as a non-scholarship student was $137.50. Thus my roommate and I pay $275 for four months leasage of a living room, two sleeping nooks, and a semi-private bath. That is about $69 a month rent-more than several married friends of mine pay for four room apartments in privately owned buildings much newer than the century old Yard dormitories. Yet the authorities of Harvard University have the nerve...
...view of all these facts, how can Harvard University obtain, or even have the gall to ask, leave to raise its rents? Can it be that Harvard-already one of the most expensive schools in the country-is trying to build up its reputation as a rich man's college and thus eliminate the average discharged G. I. who can't afford the luxury of a $75 a month suite? My roommate is far more eloquent on the subject than am I, but unfortunately I cannot quote him in writing for possible publication except in essence when his remarks translate...
...midst of prayers and pressures the furious tinkering went on. U.S. citizens had no idea where they were headed-for a safe landing or a bust. All they knew was that it was almost impossible to buy a shirt. or a steak at ceiling prices, or rent a house...