Word: cooped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with the progressive directors of the Coop. As leaders of a Cooperative enterprise, they rightly shoulder the foibles and failings of the community as their own, and have launched a subtle attack on all this loose talk about provincialism. We know one New Yorker whom they have badly baffled...
...mailing charge outside of New England," the salesgirl announced. "Oh, I live outside of New England all right," replied the proud son of the Empire State. But he had scarcely progressed beyond the 'Park Avenue' part of his address before he was interrupted by derisive female chuckles. "To the Coop," the salesgirl informed him, "New York is in New England...
...pressure on the members of the Faculty over a period of years has resulted in a large number of them either giving their lists exclusively to the Harvard Cooperative Society or sending that firm advance notice of the books to be used in their courses. By this means the Coop has been given a monopoly position in the new and secondhand book market in Harvard Square, and the undergraduate is paying the price...
...practice of advance releases robs the student of a market for many of his used books at the end of the year. Obviously, when the Coop is acquainted with the books to be used the following fall, they will not buy books they cannot hope to sell again, and they also offer, for books that are to be used again, more than they are worth. This necessitates an even higher price for such books the following September...
...other case, when the Coop gets exclusive tips straight from the stable, the student and the forgotten merchant are again on the short end of the stick in September. The latter does no business at all, while the student buys his books second-hand from the Coop for a fraction less than their original price, provided the Coop does not decide to suppress their used copies in favor of new ones. Thus, the unfortunate undergraduate finds his pennies dwindling away while he manages to salvage but a few from his dividend...