Word: cheapness
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...Labor is very cheap in Liberia and strong, healthy men work for 25 cents a day. The language of Liberia is English. It is a country for young men, and any of the colored people who wish to go there from America to live will be heartily welcomed and given grants of land to cultivate...
There were variations in costuming, good fabrics and cheap fabrics, hats of varying shapes, colored capes (worn by a quarter of the marchers), military uniforms in certain units. Some marched with hands clasped, some with arms interlocked, some with arms around each other's necks...
...wanted to know why a member had to pay $3 for entertaining a friend at dinner. It was pointed out to him that his colleagues could have dined on "sausages and mash" for 25?. He then charged that the price of food was sacrificed to the supply of cheap liquor. This, too, was easily disproved. It is true that Parliamentarians do not drink nearly as much as they used to during the past century when everybody drank and was drunk, but whatever profit is made out of liquid refreshments in the restaurant is immediately applied to reduce the cost...
...Dave" gave up. His attempts to reform the restaurants were no more popular with his own party than they were with others. He felt obliged to admit that after all the restaurant was perhaps cheap and excellent, even if it did not supply eggs and bacon for breakfast...
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED -Wherein a cheap waitress marries a rich Italian farmer and finds his farm hand more attractive...