Word: atm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...George Squier Muzak, 1922 Garrett A. Morgan Traffic light, 1923 Francis W. Davis Power steering, 1926 R. Stanton Avery Self-adhesive label, 1935 Edwin L. Peterson Answering machine, 1945 Earl John Hilton Credit card, 1950 Clinton Riggs Yield sign, 1950 Chavannes & Fielding Bubble wrap, 1957 Luther Simjian ATM, 1960 Herb Peterson Egg McMuffin...
...alleyways of downtown San Francisco. For most of that time, the city paid little mind to the 50-year-old former paramedic and his cartful of possessions. That indifference vanished last month when a police officer found him sitting on the sidewalk in front of a Wells Fargo ATM and issued a $76 ticket and a court summons. Then one morning last week, Dumont says, he was awakened by a cop kicking him in the foot and telling him to move on. "It gets worse every day," says Dumont. "If I were sleeping in front of a store...
...have never, not once, used an ATM. Also, I have never, not once, bought a BMW. Why? Because I can't afford either of them. After the government is done telling banks that they can't charge fees, I hope it will tell my local BMW dealer to sell its cars for $5,000. Then I'll go to my ATM and get the cash to buy my BMW. With any kind of luck, I'll get this done before they both go out of business due to idiotic government interference. GARY W. JOHNSON Dekalb...
...understand the antagonism toward paying ATM fees [BUSINESS, Nov. 29]. Twenty years ago, to cash a check you had to go to your own bank or a branch. You had to show up during banking hours, wait in line and then have proper identification. The banks have purchased and installed ATMs at a cost of thousands of dollars. Does anybody really think they did that without expecting to make a profit? Now you can go to your bank's ATMs and get cash usually at no charge at almost any time. Why would anybody in his right mind object...
...Back at Out of Town News, the first-years, in fact, are now mulling about, preparing to depart for the big city. While the birthday girl, Kaity Cheng, is visiting the ATM, I get a description of Club Joy from a fellow partygoer...