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Word: dressrm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...newspaper classifieds, riddled with bait-and-switch ads for apartments that were just rented, sorry. There is the patient wait for the quarry, an exercise in stealth, timing and cunning. Finally-if the hunter is lucky-there is what appears to be the target: lg studio, din. area, dressrm, window, kit. D/W, so expo. Then comes the price for bagging what is really a one-room flat: perhaps $350, plus another $350 security, plus maybe another $350 to a rental agent for finding the place. No kids, dogs, cats, Venus's-flytraps or wild parties, please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Tight U.S. Apartment Squeeze | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

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