Word: exaction
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...even if the gold standard IS ONLY psychological), to deny the obligation of contract, to tax the poor for their bread and meat, to assert in an inauguration speech that the Federal, State, and local tax burdens must be reduced, and then to advocate legislation which has had the exact opposite effect...
...wrong in thinking that simple honesty, public devotion, feeling, and "rhetoric" cannot solve our problems even without exact knowledge of technicalities of law, economics, and finance...
...that the University officials have been worried about the extreme peril which forces the poor student to dodge through the rushing autos on his way to the New Lecture Hall, and so with the co-operation of the State Highway Commission they have begun a survey to determine the exact number of cars and pedestrians frequenting the maze of highways converging at the Fire Station...
...held in 40 different colleges under the supervision of Lincoln B. Hale of Yale. Edward S. Amazeen 2G.B., graduate secretary of Phillips Brooks House, has been in charge of the preliminary work here at Harvard but will be assisted by Paul W. Lehmann 2G.Ed., during the examination periods. The exact date for the tests will be announced next week by Amazeen...
According to the Observatory's figures the angle of the meteor's descent to earth was about 30 degrees. The actual size of the disturbance was probably about 500 feet across. A more exact description of the position of the flight follows: the position at the start was approximately 67 degrees 40' West, 63 degrees 21' North; when it exploded, the position was approximately 67 degrees 15' West, 42 degrees 28' North...