Word: cent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...equality it may be imposed, is in practice unequal in one of the worst ways, falling heaviest on the most conscientious." The truth of this statement of Mill is illustrated in the experience of both the United States and England. In the United States at least 40 per cent. of the persons assessed, fail to pay any taxes on their revenue. The Parliamentary Commission of 1904 reported that an enormous amount of property escaped the tax. Thus Mill's statement that the income tax is unjust since it falls heaviest on the honest members of the state is proved...
...Underwood '12, Holworthy 10, in Cambridge, and at Herrick's and the Jordan Hall box-office in Boston. All tickets for this evening's performance which remain unpaid for at 3 o'clock today will be sold. To members of the club a discount of 15 per cent. will be granted on all tickets purchased in excess...
...purchased at the main store of the Co-operative and of S. Underwood '12, Holworthy 10, in Cambridge and at Herrick's and the Jordan Hall box office in Boston. The price of tickets is $1.50 and $1. To all members of the club a discount of 15 per cent, will be granted on all tickets purchased in excess...
...annual dividend of the Harvard Co-operative Society, amounting to 8 per cent., will be paid at the Co-operative office on this and succeeding mornings, between 9 and 12 o'clock. Last year's membership cards must be presented in order to secure payment...
...field of human interest, all built on a solid basis of dietetic righteousness. His arguments for better health and efficiency will be based on his own experience and the results of experiments upon himself. Between the ages of 54 and 60 Mr. Fletcher recorded an increase of 21 per cent. in strength tests. Last month he registered 840 pounds on the spring lifting machine one-half of which is the average in gymnasium records. By means of a cinematograph arranged specially for this lecture, Mr. Fletcher will show a series of acrobatic, somersault, and high-diving feats performed...