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Word: rolltop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Corporate treasurers have become artful in explaining away their delinquencies. Blaming the post office is now as old-fashioned as the rolltop desk. More up-to-date bromides include: "My firm's headquarters is in Paris, and the checks come from there"; "We're missing your invoice"; or "Our computer broke down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Owning-Up Time | 8/25/1980 | See Source »

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