Word: runge
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deriding the presumed wealthy by virtue of their socio-economic position has suddenly become easy liberal sport. It seems almost un-democratic not to have a deep and vocal contempt for those whose families are on a high rung of the socio-economic ladder. Classism has become cool...
...sprinted up the business ladder at Bloomingdale's to a vice president's rung and did it in the '70s, when Bloomie's was the hottest and most innovative department store in the U.S. In 1982 she took over the moribund Calvin Klein fragrance business. While the public may not know who Robin Burns is, it has certainly heard of Obsession and Eternity, the two perfumes she launched with consummate marketing strategy and blatantly sexy ad campaigns...
...view of evolution as a ladder with humankind on the top rung is incorrect...
...Visa card that would grant one frequent-flyer mile on American Airlines for each dollar charged. The lure of these two American obsessions -- credit and free travel -- proved irresistible, so I mailed the form and soon received cards for my wife and me. A month later, after we had rung up more than $4,200 in charges (about 20% of what would be needed for a free round-trip domestic ticket), my wife pulled out the card to purchase a blouse. "Sorry," said the clerk after running the card through the computer three times. "Your card is no good...
According to Matthews, the average machine costs $2000. In less than two years, Harvard has rung up a bill totaling more than $200,000, she says...