Word: suits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...took a turn for the perverse by getting into a costly new interest-rate war. Houston's Commonwealth Savings cranked up the rates it pays on six-month "jumbo" certificates of deposit (typical size: $100,000) from 9.6% to a hefty 10.75%. In California, Pasadena's BancPlus Savings followed suit with a 10.5% six-month rate. One reason for the feverish run-up was the need for the thrifts to compensate depositors for the perceived risk of putting money in those S & Ls, despite the Government's promise to insure all accounts...
...copies were in print around the world -- and a second U.S. printing was on the way, but distribution was a growing problem. Waldenbooks ordered copies of The Satanic Verses removed from its more than 1,300 stores after getting several threats. Next day B. Dalton and Barnes & Noble followed suit. "We have never before pulled a book off our shelves," said Leonard Riggio, B. Dalton's chief executive officer. "It is regrettable that a foreign government has been able to hold hostage our most sacred First Amendment principle. Nevertheless, the safety of our employees and patrons must take precedence." Though...
...Union staff drew straws for who had to wear the cow suit, because no one would volunteer, she said. The worker said she wished she could stay out of sight for the next week...
There you are in a cow suit. A hot, silly-looking cow suit with splotchy fur and an over-sized head. You can't see very well and have to be led around the building by someone calling out, "Kiss the cow! Kiss the cow!" Students had to kiss your nose in order to get a Hershey's chocolate kiss...
...woman in the cow suit did say she volunteered, but only because she considered the milkmaid's bonnet the other servers were forced to wear more embarrassing...