Word: py
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Implicitly they are pressured py peers who go to the local college, and by the feeling, probably stronger in rural areas, that they should stay close to their family. More explicitly, the teachers, and more specifically the high school counselors, usually urge that the student stay in the area. I saw cases where this was done when the counselor simply didn't send in the recommendations of students applying to out-of-state colleges, or else warned the parents about the dangers of leaving home too soon, providing college bulletins and applications only from in-state colleges. After several...
Church has kept the home folks hap py by combining his concern for for eign affairs with a zealous defense of Idaho's interests. He vigorously promotes conservation legislation and water projects for Idaho and opposes federal gun laws - the hottest issue in the state...
...sold the credit agreement at a discount to a broker, commercial finance firm or a bank. If too many angry and defrauded homeowners threatened, the company simply folded. It was a business particularly vulnerable to bad publicity, and Karafin and Scolnick said so to one of its practitioners, Joe Py. Public Relations Man Karafin, they said, could help Py. He had a lot of friends and could provide valuable advice, especially since the Pennsylvania State Banking Department and the Philadelphia district attorney's office were looking into the business. They asked for a $5,000 retainer. Py said...
...headline, warning Philadelphians that house-repair frauds were spreading. "High pressure salesmen" were preying on "unwary home owners." A spokesman for the Better Business Bureau was quoted as saying that "the only way to stop this racket is to expose it." Scolnick and Karafin again dropped around to see Py, found him convinced. Py wrote two checks, one for $3,000 and another for $2,000. Thereafter, Karafin stopped by Py's office every Monday morning for a regular retainer check. Over the next four years, Py paid Karafin close to $12,000. Many other companies and associations connected...
...point, but today Lentz let us go early. He wanted our timing to stay sharp. "It was a good practice," said Frank Ulcickas as we ran off. There had been lots of audible and visible spirit; everyone was hustling and chattering. The coaches were still tense, but quite hap- py. "Keep it up the rest of the week," said Yovicsin...