Word: giveaway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fundamentally, the argument comes down to the idea that a student's entire high school career should not depend on one fickle test, for no test provides a perfect measurement of achievement. A high school diploma should not be a giveaway, but neither should it depend upon what appear to be unrealistically high expectations of performance. Students should receive some sort of a diploma if they pass the required high school courses...
...years later, when, thinking "time is money," the man in the gray flannel suit ushered in the ball point pen introducing a new level of corporatization and homogenization to America. In the years following, America flourished as the most visionary of the throwaway societies. Disposable pens were the greatest giveaway since the advent of the key party...
...time, for any reason ? is illegal under German laws purported to protect consumers from companies that distort their prices with offers of freebies. In this case, says TIME Berlin correspondent Charles Wallace, "an unlimited guarantee is a gift of something of value unconnected to the product. This sort of ?giveaway? is outlawed in Germany because the government claims it clouds price transparency. If you buy a magazine subscription and you get a free calculator, how much are you paying for the actual subscription...
...encounter hordes of families in identical T-shirts and the unending flow of boy scouts in identical badges and uniforms. These are the obvious examples, but demonstrate another key tourist watching principle. Tourists tend to dress similarly to the people they are with. Matching clothing is always a dead giveaway...
SARA JANE OLSON Police say housewife is unrepentant '70s bombing suspect. That afghan coat was a giveaway...