Word: evanston
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Patterson, 27, a Chicago teacher, wanted to learn German before she takes a trip to Europe this summer. Olga Howard, 86, whose family spoke German when she was a child and who lives in Evanston, Ill., was anxious to teach the language. They both called the Learning Exchange, a service that connects people who want to learn something with people who want to teach it. The women have been meeting once a week ever since, and Mrs. Howard has "high hopes that Dee will be understood when she asks where to check her luggage" upon her arrival in Austria...
...Evanston...
...stores usually split the sale price), customers are streaming in not only to buy goods but to place clothes and furniture of their own on consignment. Much of the secondhand spirit stems directly from the recession. Explains Jane Kulian of the Salvation Army's Red Shield Store in Evanston, Ill.: "Many of our customers are people out of work." Adds Nancy Webster, owner of Nancy's Resale Shoppe in Dallas: "Loads of people who just a few months ago didn't even know these kinds of shops existed are coming in regularly to look for a bargain...
...small glass nut dish, then announced triumphantly that it was made by Steuben. Another customer returned to gloat that her 50? string of pearls had been resold for $50. Veterans of thrift shops generally agree that there is only one major hazard of secondhand shopping. As Jean Halla of Evanston, Ill., puts it: "Don't put your coat down and walk away. Somebody is likely...
...Evanston...