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  • All the kids wanted to play, but none of their parents would let them, not because of the steep, 25-cent price tag, but because they didn't want to deal with the excitement that would ensue or the long list of stories that would come after.

    Attiyya Anthony: Help Like a Normal Person Attiyya Anthony 2011

  • Had the also rans been installed in the WH, those of us lucky enough to still have jobs would be making 25 cents an hour working 16-hour days with no benefits/overtime, and we'd have to withstand the physical/verbal abuse of "our betters" who would ceaselessly remind us that if we don't want those 25-cent an hour jobs, there are millions of others out there who would be more than happy to take our place.

    'Party Loyalty Oath' would prevent Republicans from backing Crist 2010

  • Head straight for the large black box on 46th and Broadway, where you will be ushered inside to the kind of chair common to 25-cent peep shows.

    Theatre Of One For All « 2010

  • All the kids wanted to play, but none of their parents would let them, not because of the steep, 25-cent price tag, but because they didn't want to deal with the excitement that would ensue or the long list of stories that would come after.

    Attiyya Anthony: Help Like a Normal Person Attiyya Anthony 2011

  • There are food specials, too, including $5 burgers and 25-cent wings.

    Where to watch the Super Bowl Fritz Hahn 2011

  • For every 25-cent increase in the price of gasoline, the nation spends an extra $3 billion filling up its cars and trucks, Kloza says.

    High gas prices rattle drivers and businesses 2011

  • Eastern time Wednesday, gasoline prices fell to the 25-cent daily limit set by commodities-exchange operator CME Group Inc. That triggered a five-minute trading halt for gasoline, crude oil and heating oil.

    Drop in Gasoline Roils All Markets Carolyn Cui 2011

  • Dad was immediately motivated to bicycle down to the hardware store that weekend and buy the 25-cent washer that was needed to fix the drip.

    E Is for Environment Ian James Corlett 2011

  • A 25-cent decline in gasoline futures caused Nymex operator CME Group Inc. to stop all energy trading just after 12 p.m.

    Gasoline Plunges, Taking Crude With It Dan Strumpf 2011

  • Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters forecast a 25-cent loss on $99 million in revenue.

    McMoRan Matt Jarzemsky 2010

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