Word: cash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from the waters that will soon rise behind the Aswan Dam. Which method would finally be chosen to preserve that magnificent relic of a lost civilization? While the world waited for an answer, each new suggestion drew new publicity while the money raisers raced against time to collect enough cash to pay what seemed sure to be an astronomical bill...
...world of credit-cardmanship, someone was bound to think of it: the cash card...
...attorney general of juggling his funds to keep his syndicates going, was barred from selling securities in New York. The troubles of the syndicators have caused crises for such as Manhattan Real Estate Tycoon William Zeckendorf, who finds it harder to peddle real estate to them when he needs cash; last week he announced that he will resort to public auction to sell off some of his New York properties...
Perfectly Good Nails. Arthur Lewis' lively and detailed study of Hetty and the fortune she fostered raises some interesting psychological questions. What meaning, for instance, did money have for a woman who carried her cash-often only a few crumpled dollar bills-in a handbag tied around her waist? Who avoided taking a bath, probably in order to save soap, and who laboriously extracted "perfectly good nails" from a broken sled and saved them for some vague future use? Who spent half the night looking for a 2? postage stamp she had mislaid? At a time when Hetty maintained...
...hard-working'' is the way Lazarus characterizes him-is now in debt to installment lenders on the average of $860 per family, an increase of $70 in the last year. More than ever before, credit has become socially acceptable, even among those who can afford to pay cash. But, at the same time, the consumer seems to be keeping his head: repayment rates are now rising faster than new loans...