Word: carded
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Administrators monitored card swipes in Annenberg Dining Hall and flagged some suspicious activity, such as cards that had been swiped multiple times for a meal—possibly indicating that some had been swiping unauthorized students into the dining hall...
Mora points out that Chinchilla, a former Justice Minister, "is generally regarded as an incorruptible woman, which is a very important calling card right now for Costa Ricans," who in the past decade have seen at least two former Presidents investigated (but so far not charged) in major financial-kickback cases. Still, he says, "the generational change she represents is the most significant." Being the first Tica President is definitely important - but taking Costa Rica back to the future will matter even more...
...Some see Amazon's biggest growth coming from further expansion into electronics, apparel and consumer products, ranging from shampoo to groceries. Amazon's ability to cross-sell products to existing customers is powerful. "When you've got an account opened at Amazon and they have your credit-card information and they also happen to have some of the lowest prices, it's very easy to start buying on Amazon items that may be outside people's traditional products that they buy online," says Sebastian. "I've been buying diapers from Amazon - not just the books that I would have bought...
Though he disputes the extent of the vigilante action, Adams resident Samuel B. Novey '11 said that the overflow of non-residents in the dining hall has spurred students to help Lucy, the embattled card swiper, to turn away non-residents (including this correspondent) who often try to talk their way into the servery...
...Davis, a rare blow-dried Republican in liberal Los Angeles, has played this card before. He first made his mark on the national scene by producing a 10-minute movie for 2002 Georgia gubernatorial candidate Sonny Purdue that depicted the sitting governor, Roy Barnes, as "King Roy," a giant rat with a gold crown, stomping like Godzilla through Atlanta. That was before the advent of YouTube and viral videos, so he screened the film for journalists at a movie theater; the next day, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an image from the spot on its front page. Purdue went...