Word: discounted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...August Co. assistant manager Maurice, who would not give his last name, said that their store offers a 10 percent discount on all merchandise to "kick off" the summer...
...week's events in an interesting fashion." Every Sunday night, three teachers meet in Mount Kisco, New York, usually over pizza, to read rush copies of the new TIME and complete a current-affairs guide. The guide is mailed out to history and social science teachers; students receive discount subscriptions to TIME...
...Harvard officials say the University will not be joining the trend, despite a move by another Ivy League school, Columbia University, to de-emphasize the test. While Fitzsimmons says scores are a small part of a candidate's portfolio, the University is reluctant to completely discount the SAT's validity...
...staples in bulk when they're on sale. Not staple-gun staples -- staples! Like shaving cream and sweat socks. Consider a family that buys one bottle of wine each week. With the 10% discount many stores offer on wine by the case, they would be saving 10% every 12 weeks -- more than 40% a year, tax free and largely risk free. (One risk: that having so much wine around would lead to increased consumption. This is less a consideration with sweat socks...
...what about my South African Eskom 13.5% bonds? They actually yield more than 13.5%, because you get to buy them with the "financial rand," which sells at a discount, but get your interest in "commercial rands," which do not. There are risks, such as a collapse in the value of the rand or nationalization of private businesses and repudiation of their debt. But I'm an optimist. Most U.S. brokers won't take orders for South African investments. (One that will, in amounts of $25,000 or more: Noyes Partners, in New York City.) Personally, I see little moral harm...