Word: deadbeat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...with each other; thus a mistake made by one of them can be quickly compounded. The commission found that credit bureaus often mix up people with similar names, resulting in unwarranted refusals of credit. The firms can keep adverse information on file for up to seven years so a deadbeat who reforms cannot easily start afresh...
...prime accounts" like Gulf & Western Industries-not primarily too small, female-run enterprises, as might have been expected. Says Benedict: "Our loan policy is no different from other banks." As a new institution, he adds, First Women's must be extra cautious in lending money because otherwise "every deadbeat in town will beat a path to our door...
...realizes that the boy is hopefully petitioning God for the return of his dead mother. In Something You Just Don't Do in a Club, a lawyer's starchy presumption of friendship and honor among his fellows sets him up to be cheerfully bilked by the club deadbeat. In Last Things, the longest and most affecting piece in the book, the indomitably optimistic and innocent scion of a New York banking family prevails over financial ruin, dislocation, infidelity and the murder of a friend by simply outlasting them...
Lenny is an emotional deadbeat, but he is possessed of singular determination and ambition. He pursues Kelly past the obstacles of her granite father (Eddie Albert) and a divorce from his own weepy Lila, chases her down on campus in Minnesota, where he woos, wins and finally weds her. The ceremony is posh Protestant, the reception elaborate, and that same soft-drink jingle plays brightly in the background...
...goes on at the front desk if a television set is unplugged. All bills are presented when they reach $50; though most people do not have to settle until they leave, this policy gives the desk clerk a chance to demand immediate payment if the guest looks like a deadbeat...