Word: mastered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chess Master Ilan Vardi gave a display of simultaneous chess against 11 members of the Harvard-Radcliffe chess club in a three-hour performance at the Science Center Tuesday night...
...mailing "preapproved" card applications to potential customers who are rated good risks. They do not have to provide lengthy statements citing credit references and salary, but merely mail back a short, signed form. Over the past 18 months, Chicago's Continental Illinois bank has acquired enough new preapproved Master Charge customers to make it one of the top ten U.S. card issuers...
Diner's Club is offering checks through an arrangement with Thomas Cook & Sons; they are free, while American Express charges $1 per $100 in checks. Master Charge plans to begin selling traveler's checks, probably by late next year, and will allow them to be charged on its card. Visa is also considering a traveler's check venture...
...rush into traveler's checks has inspired some odd alliances and rivalries. Although Citibank issues Master Charge cards and is a member of the consortium that licenses the Master Charge system, its parent Citicorp has gone to court to try to block Master Charge's entry into traveler's checks, charging unfair competition. Citibank's argument: Master Charge, through the banks that issue the card, would be able to control which traveler's checks the customer bought, thus shutting Citibank out of the business...
...Woodsmen's ball-control offense was the start of the show, and senior quarterback Buddy Teevens was master of ceremonies. Teevens completed 15 of 24 passes for 155 yards, rushed for 23 yards, and scored the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. Halfback Dennis Grosvenor had two scores for the Quakers...