Word: cent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though sophisticates have long sneered at him, Norman Vin cent Peale, who said that "you do not need to be a victim of worry," was not entirely wrong. Thinkers more serious than Peale have construed a fearful attitude as a danger in itself. Jesus of Nazareth advised against fretting even about tomorrow. Psychologist William James saw life itself as a process of risk taking and thought it was debilitating to take risks too much to heart He urged people to will themselves to be confident of survival, to pretend confidence if necessary, allowing not even the "sweet' cautions...
...Gulfs Charles H. Bowman, vice president for energy regulation and compliance: "We are earning money in a shortage situation?hardship, if you will?that will be used to help alleviate the shortage. We don't feel that our profit increase on home heating oil, about three-quarters of a cent per gal. over three years, is exorbitant. If anything, it is not enough." True, Europeans are struggling with heating-fuel bills of as much as $1.50 per gal. in Denmark and Austria, but that is little consolation to Americans...
...study by the Michigan State University (MSU) Placement Services predicts a 1- to 2-pre-cent rise in the total number of college graduates hired this year and starting salary increases of up to 8 per cent...
Tuition is expected to increase about 12 per cent next year, from the current $5300 to about...
Before the game began, Kleinfelder said she had instructed the team to shoot more from the floor, and shoot they did--from the top of the key, from the corners, from anywhere outside of 20 feet. The longdistance offense yielded fewer turnovers but also led to a 35-per-cent field goal conversion rate, not a winning statistic...