Word: carding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...important drawing card is the biggest airline-fare bargain in the world. For the $90 economy round-trip fare, the tourist can go from Manhattan to San Juan and return-a total of 3,200 miles at a cost of 2.8? per mile v. 2.9? per mile for an average Manhattan subway ride. The cheap fare, aimed originally at migrating Puerto Ricans. now attracts an estimated 60,000 tourists a year...
...regulations, have kept the appearances of women in the Clubs to a rarity. Only on special occasions, such as Yale or Princeton football games or one crew race in the spring, may girls be admitted. Abuse of this rule brings heavy penalties--usually club expulsion; this and cheating at cards are considered the cardinal sins of the Club world. (Except at the Porcellian, where card-playing is prohibited for fear that high stakes might cause personal resentment among the Club brothers...
Once upon a time there was probably a rationale for House dues. In the early days of the System, dues and membership cards might have provided an incentive for participation in the young regime. A card-carrying House member might have felt more secure, more one with the group, by virtue of his monetary contribution to group activities. But the little niceties like bicycle racks, magazines and athletic uniforms, once subsidized by voluntary donations, are now established and significant frills on dormitory life...
Occasionally he drops a card to his enlighteners in Cambridge. (The stamps change color, but the message remains the same.) Harvard life is otherwise very much as before. His old roommates use the percolator now, his friends have divided the records, and if interested you can find the Charles Addams on Lamont's fifth floor, forever Falstaff's favorite on campus spot...
...CREDIT-CARD REVOLT against 7% commission paid to credit organizations will be led by National Restaurant Association. Members protest that commissions are forcing price rises that hurt business. Restaurant Association is considering issuing own credit cards, charging members only 3½% commission...