Word: buyin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fare was a third higher than it was a month ago. The story was much the same in shops, department stores, haberdasheries and restaurants. The U.S. was reaching through rising prices to buy what it wanted as a berry picker reaches into a nettle patch. "Sure, they're buyin'," said a Boston salesgirl, "but they're lookin' and pawin' and hemmin' and hawin' before they...