Word: scrip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into bankruptcy. "It is a game," in one buffs words, "in which everyone loves to hate his neighbor." The Monopoly Book, however, gives the player more of a chance to rely on intellect than odium. Starting from the beginning, when each player has an issue of $1,500 in scrip, Brady gives advice on which property group to buy and develop, how many buildings to put on it, and what the prospects of returns and appreciation may be. Using the laws of probability ("The most commonly thrown dice total is seven, and you have a 1-in-6 chance...
...decided to leave the South and migrate to Chicago. My grandfather injured his hand in a mining accident and was disabled for a long time. The owners of the mine allowed him to continue living in the company housing and to shop at the company store. He was named scrip, but only as an advance--its value was deducted from his future salary. In order to help any grandfather through the crisis, relatives in Chicago would send him, his wife, and their six children bacon and ham. But when the company store discovered he was no longer purchasing these staples...
...find his family. His arrest gives Ritt the chance to show the kangaroo justice blacks receive in white courts. After a speedy trial, Nathan lee is sentenced to one year of hard labor at a parish workcamp, a form of modern slavery only slightly more obvious than the scrip my grandfather was advanced...
...Since "poverty in a mental hospital is no less dehumanizing than in a slum," patients should have pocket money, not merely scrip or credit...
...some of its employees, in their official capacity, can hardly avoid knowing of illegal dealings? An estimated $1 billion to $2 billion has been siphoned from Viet Nam into U.S. and foreign banks by profiteering Americans, Vietnamese and their allies. Typically, black marketeers sell Americans their illegally obtained military scrip at discounts of up to 60%. The Americans then take the scrip to a bank and buy travelers' checks or a certified check...