Word: payments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mail car payment...
...shoplifter was detained at the Kennedy School cafeteria. The manager accepted payment for the food, and the shoplifter was issued a general trespass warning for Harvard properties...
...White House has ascribed the U.S.'s failure to pay its U.N. debts mainly to isolationist Republican kookery. In fact, Congress has passed two bills authorizing payment of the arrears. But President Clinton vetoed both because of New Jersey Republican Representative Chris Smith's insistence that U.N. dues be tied to legislation that would withhold money to any organizations that lobby foreign governments on abortion. Though they have watered down their antiabortion language, House G.O.P. leaders Tom DeLay and Dick Armey have also promised Smith that payment of the arrears will remain linked to his proviso. That's unacceptable...
...Once payment and privacy are accounted for, each of the three new e-commerce sites has its own strategy for pushing merchandise to teens and the grownups who love them. At DoughNET, special promotions like free movie tickets with selected purchases or contest entries lure young shoppers. On iCanBuy, kids can peruse celebrity wish lists (tip: Britney Spears wants a WNBA basketball, body glitter and, oddly enough, her own CD). At RocketCash, a top-10 list of user purchases lends some insight into what's hot with the masses. Recent chart toppers include a Limp Bizkit CD and wooden bracelets...
...Through with the pros, Schor moves on to the cons: "It is certainly seductive and even addictive, so I worry about it. Also we know the effect of credit cards in encouraging impulse purchasing, which is obviously the only form of payment possible on the Internet...