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Word: sorter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fury was directed at David Berkowitz, 24, a U.S. mail sorter, who was captured by police and identified as the lone gunman who had terrified much of New York in a yearlong series of eight nighttime attacks in quiet residential neighborhoods. But as the city's most massive manhunt ended, the killer of six young people (seven others survived their wounds) did not fulfill public expectations of the type of man who would automatically arouse suspicion, fear and hate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Sam Told Me To Do It... Sam Is the Devil | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...receiving a $300,000 inheritance, so he ran up bills of more than $150,000. Still waiting for the inheritance, he is now spending almost half his income to pay off under an extended plan at $3,100 a month. In Los Angeles, Kenneth Breckenridge, 42, a mail sorter, and his wife Genevieve, a teacher in the Head Start program, found themselves paying $1,178 of their combined $1,450 monthly income to clear up credit bills. Says Breckenridge: "I found credit hard to resist even when I didn't need it. Beneficial Finance would send me something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: MERCHANTS OF DEBT | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

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