Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other banks give toasters and electric blankets to their customers. Carl Cochran got something better. Two months ago, a local branch of the Bank of America credited the San Francisco freelance writer with more than $4,000 in an account that, he jokes, usually has a balance of "about $6.15." Cochran claims he informed a teller of the mistake, but the bank insisted the amount was correct. Exasperated, Cochran withdrew the funds and notified bank officials that he was holding their money hostage...
Then, in a spirit that would be cheered by millions of Americans who have dueled with a bank's computer and lost, he listed his demands. The cash would be returned if the bank...
...favor of people as a medium of exchange...in Turin, a $100 bill would procure a plump industrialist. In the provinces, it was difficult to get change for a judge or a factory owner, but the exclusive shops along the Via Condotti in Rome could easily break a bank president...
...referred this to everyone except the United Nations," Flynn said. "This is reminiscent of a T.V. commercial where a guy goes to a bank looking for a loan and he gets a rain hat and a balloon but they don't give him any money. These people come here looking for significant relief and what are we going to give them? Further research?" he asked...
...first White House Conference on Library and Information Services. One vision of the future was on display at the conference's own information center: a battery of computers with which delegates could summon up printouts on a bewildering array of information from more than 100 data banks. Among them: the Denver library's information bank, which stores pollution and land-use data; the U.S. Senate's information pool, named LEGIS, which keeps tab on the fate of legislative proposals; and a computerized reference guide known as the Bibliographic Retrieval System. Delegates had only to press...