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...trawler Shanty Girl in New Bedford, Mass. In eleven days on Georges Bank, off the New England coast, Boucher and his crew of five had netted 45,000 Ibs. of fish, including 30,000 lbs. of yellowtail flounder, which they sold for $28,000 in the red brick auction house at the foot of the pier...
...they would never have bought if they had to pay cash. Explains Madi Ferencz, a senior product manager for Colgate-Palmolive Co. in New York: "Knowing I can charge an item, I say, 'Oh well, the bill will not be corning in for another month.' " At one auction, Ferencz dipped into her bank line of credit to make the winning bid of $500 for a Persian rug. "I wasn't planning on buying a rug, but this one came up at a fantastic price." A walletful of credit cards also makes many a consumer feel like...
...even sue fathers who ignore the dowry obligation. The woman retains ownership of her dowry-but the husband has all the rights to its use. In the words of one feminist critic, he "spends, invests, does with the interest as he pleases. The dowry puts the woman on the auction block." On the other hand, it can also provide a beleaguered wife with some measure of leverage in her marriage, since she gets back the original stake in the event of a divorce...
...ever had this urge to touch art, to be able to buy it, and even to be able to wear it, you might enjoy a T-Shirt Exposition and Auction at the Museum School, next to the MFA at 230 The Fenway. The T-shirts are painted, printed, stretched, stuffed, stitched, stained, fiberglassed and mounted. The shirts have been on silent auction since January 4 and those bids will close at noon, next Tuesday. Then, Tuesday evening (6:30-8:30 p.m.) at the MFA's lecture hall, the shirts will go on open auction (the silent bids having determined...
...many left-wing members of Britain's ruling Labor Party, it would have been preferable for the government to auction off some of the crown jewels. Transport Union Chieftain Jack Jones condemned the action as the squandering of a national asset. Grumped one Cabinet member in private: "It's like selling the paintings off the wall." What prompted all this indignation was the government's proposal last month to sell a substantial share of its stake in British Petroleum Co., the nation's largest industrial concern...