Word: excess
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from the alumni to support unrestricted activities of the College and Graduate Schools. It is now the largest alumni fund in the United States with 10,631 contributors in 1938; more than 20,000 individuals have contributed to it al one time or another, and they have given in excess...
...Proposed takings from sample taxable net incomes (before State taxes): $60 from $1,000, $860 from $6,000, $11,080 from $20,000, $90,280 from $100,000, $9,891,280 from $10,000,000. Corporations would have to turn over to the U. S. all net income in excess of 6% on their adjusted declared value...
Featuring larger print for the benefit of these members of the University who have been injuring their eyes through excess studying, the new catalogue does not include many variations from last year's edition...
Nothing slows up a champion like excess weight; nothing eats up gas like a heavy car. The Studebaker Champion has been trained down by smart engineering until it weighs 500 Ib. less than its rivals. Studebaker swears this has brought no structural weakness, no less safety. Most of the weight was saved in the engine and frame assembly, little taken from the body, in order to avoid the charge of being "tinny." Design is conservative-little chromium, headlights in fenders, no running boards. It has gearshift on the steering post, many standard Studebaker features such as hill-holder, rotary door...
...last week, on the same day, two Manhattan publishing firms brought out the first unexpurgated U. S. translations of the Nazi Good Book. One firm (Reynal & Hitchcock) will presumably earn royalties for the Führer, the other (Stackpole), being printed in defiance of the Hitler copyright, will not. Excess profits from both will go to German refugee organizations...