Word: buying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bands." The judges, she learns, may frown on her droopy right shoulder. At J.C. Penney's, Christine makes for the dressing room with a slinky green gown. She beckons Charlotte for a second opinion, her ex pression uncertain, one arm modestly shielding the bodice. "My mom used to buy me bras that were too big," she mourns. "She said I'd grow into them. I didn...
Where are the snowplows of yesteryear? Back in 1956, the Nebraska town of Sidney (pop. 6,300) spent $50 to buy a used Civil Defense truck (1936 vintage), and put a plowing blade on it to clear the town airport of snow. Last fall, when City Manager Merle Strouse decided that the old plow had reached "the last of its days," he investigated new snowplows and found that they cost $25,000, more than twice the $9,800 that the town wanted to pay. He asked the Federal Aviation Administration to help out. The FAA decided that the town really...
...national oil companies sell crude directly to the world market were usually disappointed with the prices they got and the quantities they moved. So the OPEC countries have negotiated pacts under which the Sisters continue to pump the oil, for a fee, take a guaranteed share for themselves, and buy most of the rest at a fixed price...
...They rebelled at the cost; one utility reckoned that compliance with the EPA order could cause a 24% rise in electric rates. Instead, the companies said, they would import low-sulfur coal from Western or Appalachian states. That in turn riled the miners, who argue that if the utilities buy out-of-state coal, demand for Ohio coal will fall by as much as 30% and 12,500 people will be out of work...
Whatever it may lack in historic authenticity, Faneuil Hall Marketplace makes up for in continuity of purpose. The refurbished marketplace today serves the Boston community much as it did in its past heyday: young city workers gather there for lunch and laughter, and matrons come to buy the fresh produce. There are, of course, some changes: J.L. Dembro, one of the few remaining meat merchants, also sells fruit cups, and one old greengrocer has added a salad bar to his line of fresh vegetables...