Word: cashes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scholarly, and 2) really scholarly. Presumably of the first sort is the trip planned by one Cantabrigian, who advertised for an "attractive young lady for Norwegian tour. Must be willing to carry own rucksack 20 miles a day." But both kinds cost money, and for purposes of wheedling cash and supplies an impressively academic purpose is a requirement. Said one expedition veteran: "The trick is to decide which place in the world you most want to visit, then find some compelling scientific or historical reason for going there...
Soon after the two dailies in Portland, Ore. started cash-prize crossword-puzzle contests last November, the entries were pouring in at a tidal rate-57,000 a week to the afternoon Oregon Journal (circ. 182,956), about 60.000 a week to the morning Oregonian (circ. 233.856). Few entrants knew of the prohibitive odds against winning such circulation-promotion contests: usually more than 100.000 to one.*Last week both Portland papers took to their front pages with embarrassed confessions that some of the winners had somehow reduced the odds against winning to zero...
Bravo for Alec Gushing. Why waste time catering to cash customers when the State of California is willing to dole out $4,000,000, and then Uncle Sam, not to be outdone, forks over an equal amount. Gushing gets my vote for snob-con man of the year. HERB AMMERMULLER Great Neck...
...carpenter's shop while their owners slept, ransacked them but took nothing, moved on to a stable, saddled a horse, fed it, left it tethered in the yard, broke into a local tavern, filled up on sausages and two quarts of wine, took all the money from the cash register and stacked it on the bar, disappeared into the night leaving a note behind: "What this town needs is a night watchman...
...virtually any other religion, India's father of the bride teeters close to bankruptcy. A moneylender's dream, he is forced by custom to fork over a huge dowry for his daughter, start paying off every member of the bridegroom's family with lavish presents of cash and sweetmeats as soon as the engagement is announced. The ideal wedding must be a stunningly beautiful rite that lasts for days, with thousands of gaily colored electric-light bulbs adorning the house, an ornate marquee and a team of cooks to gorge scores of guests. For generations the ancient...