Word: summing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chemistry, Zoology, or Physiology higher than the elementary stages must spend an average of ten hours per week in the laboratory to complete his work and in most cases the figure is higher. When the time spent in lectures, laboratory conferences, and preparation for quizzes is added, the sum comes to a point between twenty-three and twenty-five hours. The student who aims for honor grades must devote much more time than even this huge amount. In no non-scientific department in the College is twenty-five hours a week the average requirement yet these difficult science courses receive...
Certain high officials here are having their portraits painted by a young woman painter who is receiving from the CWA the sum of $5,000 for each portrait. This fact was told by Mr. Maynard. the Collector of Customs, who is one of the gentlemen being painted. He also showed the picture...
This year there is another danger. The Senate added to the Independent Offices bill a juicy amendment for $354,000,000 for veterans' pensions and pay cut restorations, a sum that would upset the President's well-laid budget plans. Last week Representatives were jubilating at the chance of accepting the Senate's amendment...
Wine, Beer and Champagne bring up the tail end of the list but have been completely outclassed by their stronger rivals. Wine sales total a mere six, while Beer has a meagre sum of three to its credit. Scared away by the cost of Champagne, students have only made two purchases of the "Nectar of the Gods," in the two months since repeal. Port and Sherry head the list of wines and in the Champagne division "Heldsick" and "Chateau Rheims" divide the two points...
...time the organization was set up under the Hoover Administration in 1932. Of this amount about $1,600,000,000 constituted grants for relief and aid of Governmental establishments and agencies and is therefore not expected to be repaid. This leaves about $4,000,000,000. Of this sum about a half billion has gone to buy preferred stocks in the banks and will of course come back in due time. Then there's about $1,200,000,000 which has already been repaid on loans. This leaves about $2,400,000,000 in loans of various kinds...