Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doll up a compact with all the frills? Detroit's backseat psychologists have this explanation: the U.S. consumer figures that buying a small car makes sense both economically and ecologically, but he does not want his neighbors to think that he is trying too hard to save a buck...
...door was busy training some of the 8,000 student salesmen and saleswomen who, in the next three months, will become an army of Gospel distributors. They will write up nearly all of Southwestern's $40 million in annual sales-and for themselves make an astonishingly good buck from the Good Book. A salesman's commissions for the summer will average $1,700, though some will hit as high...
Adjustments to the outside world have also been unsettling. When Ken takes the girls out for ice cream cones, he is likely to offer the cashier a dollar and wait for change, only to find the change is not in his favor: "That's a buck thirty-five mister." When North was in prison, he occasionally thought about the two homes he might own. "Now," he says, "I've discovered I can't afford those dreams and plans. Inflation has been so staggering I can't even equate my income with the cost of living...
...being together seemed like a good idea during the tensions of filming. When Tatum would blow a scene, she was quick to pass the buck. "It wasn't my fault," she would cry. "Ryan did it." Says Bogdanovich: "She was a handful...
...teeny-bopper-gee-I'm-heavy rock of the Sixties. If Friday's performance is any indication, Sha Na Na has come a long way since then, and most of it is downhill. Sad to say, Sha Na Na seems to have made the grab for the big buck, and kissed the Magic Sound goodbye...