Word: ferranti
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...camera store Ferranti-Dege should be a particularly hot-spot this weekend, considering the number of parents and tourists expected in town...
...shop has since moved to a basement location beneath Ferranti-Dege. In the front room, a glass display case contains silicone spray, Lexol leather conditioner, stain protector, suede dye, wooden shoe stretchers Fiebing's edge ink, Cavalier leather balm, shoelaces, shoehorns, three dozen tones of Meltonian creme polish...
Some people cherish superstitions about the bill, Ferranti-Dege employees said. "People thought they were bad luck," said James J. Casey, assistant manager at Ferranti-Dege. He said one of the reasons the bills were originally discontinued in the 1950s was because many people associated them with gambling and the underworld, partly because they were commonly used for placing two-dollar bets at racetracks...
...bill works well as an advertising ploy, he said. "I've been in stores where I give a two-dollar bill and people say 'You've been to Ferranti Dege,'" he said...
...store acquires its bills at BayBanks Harvard Trust, and officials at BayBanks and Ferranti-Dege is the only business in the Square that orders two-dollar bills on a regular basis. The bank goes through about 2000 two-dollar bills every other week, according to BayBanks officials...