Word: stash
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...started when the Pfluegers' water supply turned an unsavory purple, and later black. John found that woodpeckers had drilled holes in the water tank's wooden top and dropped in acorn after acorn. After he drained the tank and shoveled out their stash, about 100 Ibs. of acorns, scores of angry birds began slamming against the windows. "The birds did not seem afraid of anything," said Donna. "I'd scare them away but it didn't work." Not long thereafter, a meter reader noticed that the living-room window was smashed and called the police. Guns...
...Savers program was authorized by Congress in the summer of 1981 as a 15-month stopgap measure to help banks and S and Ls attract funds. By last week, as the certificates started to mature, the biggest question in the industry was: Where would investors stash their money next? Courted by bankers who are anxious to roll over the All Savers deposits into other bank investments, and cajoled by brokers and other financial advisers who are eager to snatch the funds away, some 4 million All Savers depositors across the U.S. were bombarded through the week by telephone calls, mailgrams...
...letter is fictitious. So is the answer, although Ann Landers is, in fact, a chocolate addict. So much so that the columnist to the lovelorn must banish her stash to the next room during working hours. ("I wouldn't dare keep a box at my elbow.") Confesses Landers abjectly: "I am hooked on chocolate. I crave it, and nothing else will...
Patrick says he got down off the platform, let the guy have a look, and went to crash at a nearby commune of militant lesbians who kept a stash of rifles in their attic...
American businessmen traveling to Lagos should prepare by getting more than just a passport and a yellow-fever shot. These days, they should also bring along an unlimited expense account or a stash of cash. Reason: the capital of Nigeria is now the world's most expensive city, according to Business International, a New York consulting firm. Indeed, with such eye-opening price tags as $156.25 for a hotel room, $625 a week for car rental, $48.88 for a meal for one and $350 for a night on the town with three clients, a businessman's expense statement...