Word: cards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Green plays the role of the Crimson's Ivy League wild card, as the squads do not meet each other on weekends, which is the normal league format. When the quintets first played way back on December 15, Harvard emerged a handy 53-44 victor...
...another month.' " At one auction, Ferencz dipped into her bank line of credit to make the winning bid of $500 for a Persian rug. "I wasn't planning on buying a rug, but this one came up at a fantastic price." A walletful of credit cards also makes many a consumer feel like a big shot who can spend freely at posh restaurants. Says Roger Martin, public relations manager of Windows on the World atop the World Trade Center in Manhattan: "If a person with a card sees a $35 bottle of wine on the list, after...
...Breckenridge: "I found credit hard to resist even when I didn't need it. Beneficial Finance would send me something in the mail saying, 'You're good for $500 right now.' You didn't even have to go to the office, just sign the card and send it in. I went to Vegas on one of our anniversaries like that...
...bills cannot be canceled again soon. Last December David and Sally Resnick of Des Plaines, Ill., filed for a straight bankruptcy; before their case could even be heard, a department store to which they owed several hundred dollars that will never be paid sent them a shiny new charge card...
...revolving-credit account amounts to 18% a year. Debtors may withhold payment of a bill they believe to be incorrect, and the creditor must explain the billing within 90 days. A credit cardholder is liable for only $50 in purchases that someone else charges on a lost or stolen card. If a merchant or lender turns down an application for credit, he must say why. People may not be denied credit because of sex, race or national origin. A bank, finance company or other lender that buys an installment contract from a merchant-in legal parlance, a "holder...