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In calculations for wind pressures, the working stresses set forth in the code may be increased by fifty per centum.
In no case shall the overturning moment due to wind pressure exceed seventy-five per centum of the moment of stability of the structure.
In legal documents the rate is sometimes expressed as a certain sum of money " per centum per annum "; here " centum " must be taken to mean " boo."
