Word: coupon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sharon Otten, 40, an apparel saleswoman in Anaheim, Calif, knows a good deal when she sees one. When she discovered an automobile dealer's coupon in the Orange County Yellow Pages offering $100 off the price of a new or used car, she was not content to let her fingers do the walking. Instead, Otten went from door to door, besieging relatives, friends and strangers to give her the coupons from their phone books. She even got one from her mother-in-law. When she had collected 91, she offered them to Dealer Scott Nowling after bargaining with...
Applications for the November 20 Yale game at Harvard Stadium can still be obtained in House dining halls and the Union this week. Applications must include a coupon and $5.00 for each seat, with the option of purchasing an adjoining seat at the cost of $10.00. All applications are due by Friday, October 29, in the basement of Harvard Hall...
Besides the standard choices of savings deposits, stocks, bonds and mutual funds, financial advisers are now nudging clients toward such exotic new fare as zero-coupon bonds, seven-day bank C.D.s, and brokerage-house deposit certificates. With such a variety to choose from, even professionals are befuddled. Says Gary Strum, a vice president at the E.F. Mutton investment firm: "You need an M.B.A. degree to understand what the banks and institutions are offering nowadays...
...militiamen's committees run the rackets. Their agents sell a pack of cigarettes at $5, about five times the official price, under the counter. Car owners, restricted to 40 liters (10.56 gal.) of gasoline a month, pay about $21 for an extra 20-liter (5.28 gal.) ration coupon, a hefty addition to the $7.50 cost of the gasoline. Every child is allowed a ration of 1 lb. of powdered milk a week, which is not enough. For the rest, parents have to go to the clergy-run black market...
...feel since I bought their product because of their claim, they broke a contract with me." Borden officials pleaded for a little understanding, pointing out that since 1912 they have packed some 16 billion little prizes in those boxes; they sent Wendy a letter of apology and a coupon good for one free box of Cracker Jack. But Wendy was unmoved. Says she: "I hope next time they'll have toys in the Cracker Jack." Says her father: "It was just meant to be a nice, educational experience for her." Not to mention for Borden...