Word: began
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Maxine Stanley, a long-time customer, waits for her bird at the counter and remembers why she began shopping at Savenor...
Crimson turnovers at midcourt led to fouls, and the Terriers made them count, at one point leading by 19 points. Egelhoff began putting up wild three-point attempts, and the Crimson seemed unbalanced and sluggish...
...that point, Bittencourt said, Reid became agitated and began to sputter...
...with that, we were initiated. Three platoons were leaving for boot camp that night; we moved into the spotlight. The punishment began immediately; some guys had run off to the PX without permission. But that was hardly the point. We had the drill sergeants' attention now, and we were going to get what we had come for, a whipping, with whatever excuse was handy. That one did just fine...
...Legislators in several cities, angered by rising ATM fees, have simply outlawed them. But last week the banks struck back. Wells Fargo and Bank of America began barring noncustomers from using their ATMs in Santa Monica, Calif., after the city council banned surcharges. San Francisco residents may soon be facing the same fate. "The banks have a right to earn a return on their investment," argues Joseph Morford, a banking analyst for Dain Rauscher Wessels in San Francisco. The machines cost up to $50,000 each. But consumers now appear to be lowering their own costs by cutting back...