Word: merenda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...painful, grueling process," since American consumers have so many incentives to spend rather than save. Easy credit, proconsumption tax policies and an ethic of materialism have collaborated to turn the 1980s into the Spree Decade. "You work to have what you like, when you like," explains Nino Merenda, 31, a hair stylist in Skokie, Ill. "At this stage, I'd rather have a nice car than money in the bank." In fact, Merenda owns two cars: an Alfa Romeo and a Fiat...