Word: billfold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...find in a teenager's calendar. In February Quartzsite plays host to the largest gem and mineral exhibition in the country. And there's an abundance of flea markets, where a person can buy, among other things, crocheted cowboy hats, petrified dinosaur manure, pet ID tags, Whitt's "hillbilly" billfold and racoon-penis earrings -- all at bargain prices...
...widespread derision. He drew additional gibes by declaring that his wife Evelyn had come to his rescue when the devil visited his bedroom and tried to strangle him. Then, in May, Roberts mailed 1 million packets of "healing" water to followers, advising them to use it to "anoint your billfold" to solve money problems and "anoint your body" to allay physical ills...
...most people, losing a wallet is an annoying inconvenience. For Terry Dean Rogan, it was shattering. Rogan, 27, misplaced his billfold in the Detroit area in January 1981. The following year a man, apparently using Rogan's identity cards, was linked to two murders and two robberies in Los Angeles, and a warrant in Rogan's name was entered into the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computer network. In the next 14 months, Rogan was arrested and jailed five times in Michigan and Texas, usually after police had first stopped him for traffic violations...
There may now be some rich alumni so upset at gradual divestment or at liberal students that they will refuse to contribute. That too would be an irresponsible action to punish the entire University community because of particular policies the Corporation espouses. In the long run, single-issue billfold politics--of any perspective--only hurt the students and diminish the University...