Word: chain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...upper-income phenomenon, since the mortgage and maintenance can cost as much as 50% more than renting the same space. Developers commonly claim that most of the rental tenants elect to buy their apartments rather than move. But, says Gary Lowe, a leader of a consumer group called CHAIN (for California Housing, Action and Information Network), "Certainly in California, less than 5% of renters buy into a condominium. And no wonder. They can't afford...
...kids," is in part a smart parable about musical rivalries. Even more to the point, it is a shrewd reflection on class and generational warfare, as Strummer sings, "The sport of today is exciting/ The In crowd are into infighting/ . . . It's brawn against brain or knife against chain/ But it's all young blood flowing down the drain...
...last year's spring banquet, alpine captain Bob Kelley announced to the ski team that he was passing on a ball and chain to his successor, Tim Hofer. Being captain of an athletic squad at Harvard is considered an honor in any sport and skiing is no exception, but heading the ski team carries more responsibility to teammates and more headaches than the captainship of any other squad...
Both Fajtova and Rand echo Hofer's sentiments in this regard, indicating that while a ball and chain may be heavy to carry around--it feels good to set it down...
From 1859, when my grandfather, George Huntington Hartford, opened the first chain store, to 1959, "the Tea Company" evolved into the world's largest retail business. Grandma was destroyed by the inept management to whom my uncles John and George had entrusted her. After the company had lost more than $50 million in 1973 alone, in desperation a president, Jonathan Scott, was brought in from outside, and he has made heroic efforts to turn it around. But as you suggest, the resources and prestige of a Tengelmann may well prove the decisive factor...