Word: patronizing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...should be, but too many e-banks have provided customer service that is virtual, as in virtually nonexistent. One ex-patron says he spent 40 minutes on hold every time he called NetBank. Jim Bruene, editor of Online Banking Report, agrees that virtual banks need faster service. "Now you're lucky to get an e-mail response in two days," he says. "At some point, that response at a good wired bank will be in two minutes...
...runway at anytime in the last 25 years. A collection which opened with an orange blazer worn with a violet blouse tied like a scarf at the neck and a shapeless brown skirt. Particularly effusive were the grandes dames of English-language fashion writing. pure elegance by patron saint of paris fashion read the headline of the piece by the Daily Telegraph's Hilary Alexander. "It proved that he holds all the secrets of couture in his hands," said Suzy Menkes in the International Herald Tribune. Such is the sound of the fashion flock paying homage to a once-great...
...Henley Royal Regatta was founded in 1836 and has been raced every year since then outside of the two World Wars. The regatta is termed “royal” because it received royal patronage from Prince Albert in 1851 and the ruling monarch has served as patron in the years since...
Over last weekend, timed to the Feast of San Ranieri, Pisa's patron saint, the plaza beneath the tower was reopened to the public. The tower itself will be reopened in the fall--but only to 30 visitors at a time, accompanied by a guide. And no leaning...
...student patron brought the situation to light about a week and a half ago, bringing empty covers from which pages had been torn to the circulation desk...