Word: carding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...party attended by other servicemen and found himself arrested by a constable. He was taken back to the base and put to bed. Although Meyer was under orders not to leave his barracks, about 5 a.m. he got up and sneaked out of his billet. He showed his identification card to a guard and walked onto the two-mile-long runway...
Peabody residents say they also resent the Administration's handling of their requests for a reconsideration of the hike. They stated that President Pusey and Corporation members have ignored their arguments. L. Card Wiggins, administrative vice-president of the University, is handling the dispute for the Administration...
Unable to beat the houses, Sihanouk decided to go them one better. Now le tout Pnompenh is flocking to a spectacular riverside gambling complex, opened as a government monopoly in February. Inside a huge casino, thousands challenge the laws of chance in an assortment of card and dice games; in nine nearby air-conditioned chalets, the more affluent play roulette, chemin de fer and mah-jongg. Of the daily winnings of $75,000, the government skims off $40,000, while $25,000 goes to cover operating expenditures. The rest of the take is divided among 25 concessionaires, including several owners...
Instructions to be distributed with the "self-credit" cards say: "Carry the card in your wallet at all times . . . . At the very beginning of a meeting for settling any controversy, place your card on the table with those of others . . . . The mere fact that yours is on the table brings into play everyone's 'inner voice...
Better Feedback. Jack Eckerd, who opened his 113th store last week in Tampa, still likes to call his chain "the family drugstore." He sends every one of his 2,600 employees a personal birthday card, welcomes their suggestions and personally answers every one. To get "better feedback" from his pharmacists and counter clerks, he logs 30,000 miles a year at the wheel of his white Porsche roadster, visiting his stores. Every written complaint from a customer also gets a personal reply. "Nine times out of ten I can't help them," Eckerd admits, "but at least they know...