Twenty Five Percent

She was taken to Swedish Hospital, a few blocks away, and by the time her father got there, physicians were venturing that she had a twenty-five-percent chance of living, although only a ten-percent chance of having escaped permanent brain damage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You hand your money to perfect strangers who promise to change it for you for a twenty-five-percent cut and you never see them again. ❋ Carlos Eire (2003)

I agreed “reluctantly” to give in to their proposals and accept a twenty-five-percent reduction in rates over three years, phased in at five, ten, and ten percent, and hailed it as a great bipartisan solution. ❋ Ronald Reagan (1990)

The twenty-five-percent tax cut, followed by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, touched off a surge of growth in America that brought down inflation, brought down interest rates, brought down unemployment, and created a cascade of additional tax revenue for government. ❋ Ronald Reagan (1990)

Economic researchers say the turnaround began in November 1982, exactly one year after the first phase of the three-year, twenty-five-percent tax cut went into effect. ❋ Ronald Reagan (1990)

But, just as it became evident that we needed more cuts, the coalition that had come together to pass the twenty-five-percent, three-year tax cut and the Gramm-Latta budget reductions began to disintegrate. ❋ Ronald Reagan (1990)

"I think there's only a twenty-five-percent chance that he's going to leave," Paulick said, "unless there's some kind of scandal. ❋ Unknown (2010)