Word: rent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...City University of New York recognizes no such freedom. In the last month Hunter College has made public a decision to refuse to rent its auditorium to the arch-conservative National Review; Queens College has vetoed student invitations to Black Muslim leader Malcolm X and to Benjamin J. Davis, secretary of the U.S. Communist Party; and Brooklyn College has put off a scheduled speech by State Assemblyman Mark Lane, because he had been arrested as a Freedom Rider in Mississippi...
Window to the World. Harassed at every turn, the opposition was unable to rent headquarters in downtown Lisbon, had to settle for three fly-blown rooms in a condemned slum tenement (rent: $400 for 30 days). Posing as sympathizers, secret police tried to worm their way into the organization; one was spotted and nearly lynched. Censors either suppressed candidates' statements, delayed them until the government had its reply ready, or simply doctored them to suit Salazar. The Roman Catholic hierarchy, which has had its differences with Salazar, published a message cautioning Catholics not to vote for "Communists or their...
...justified aid to Franco by emphasizing the military importance of American bases on Spanish territory. "We may have to pay rent to people we don't like...
When the sun was barely breaking over the land, we went out to the milpas (the cornfield) to begin the day's work. The men usually work together for company, even though they want to own or rent their fields separately. If it was hoeing season, the time for weeding the fields, we began at the edge of the field, working across it in a straight line, a man to a row. And it was good manners to work along at a fairly equal pace, no one hurrying too much, so the younger boys and myself could keep up with...
...that Kroc has increased his price from the original $900 to $12,500, plus a 2.2% royalty on monthly sales. Currently, there is a paid-up backlog of 60 would-be licensees waiting (some for more than a year) for a Kroc-assigned location. Including down payments on equipment, rent and signs (all paid to Kroc), plus working capital, a licensee needs at least $40,000 to sell his first hamburger...