Word: san
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...heat of the San Joaquin Valley during grape-picking time must surely rival hell in its intensity. I lasted less than one day picking, or more accurately "cutting" grapes; and I can testify that picking cotton is fun compared to that...
...precaution against easy destruction in the Baltic Sea in case of war. Russian treatment of the Polish people in rebellion had led to representations by the French and British governments. This caused concern in Russia that war might result. Of course, when the fleets arrived in New York and San Francisco, the Russians were glad to be hailed as supporters of the Union cause and did nothing to dispel the misunderstanding. This view prevailed until F. A. Golder, working in the Russian archives, located the Russian plans. His article "The Russian Fleet and the Civil War" was published...
...surprisingly, the card blitz has led to some rather imprudent tactics: a San Francisco bank mailed cards to all of its customers without running any credit checks at all, while a bank in Chicago handed out cards to bystanders at a parade. A nationwide survey of 84 banks by Constantine Danellis and Richard N. Salle, two economists at California's San Jose State College, recently found that only 20% of the banks bothered to make credit checks. The economists also discovered that despite the profit potential of credit cards, many banks suffered bad losses...
...minimize start-up headaches, banks now tend to join one of two major groups. The largest group is run by San Francisco's Bank of America. Its decade-old BankAmericard, available in 44 states, is interchangeable with Britain's Barclaycard, Canada's Chargex and Japan's Sumitomo. The other is Interbank Card Association, organized by eight banks in 1967 and now operating in 41 states; its card is also recognized in Europe. BankAmericard insists on certain credit standards, but Interbank lets members decide "creditworthiness" themselves...
...director. The company is managed by Powell and Lawyer Donald Warden; they recruited Brown because they needed a folk hero to appeal to blacks. B & B has signed up about 700 groceries, barbershops, gas stations and even auto dealerships to offer and redeem the stamps in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles. Customers get four stamps for each dollar spent, and when they have collected a book of 1,200 stamps, they are entitled to $3 in free goods or services. Merchants, who pay about 1½? for each four stamps, appear enthusiastic. Jesse Porter, a barber...