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Word: switchman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bill once had hopes of becoming a broadcaster, but he found security as a switchman with Southern Bell. In 1960, when the Bettses moved from their first $5,500 house to a larger $ 19,000 house, Bill got a second job as an auditor for the state racing commission. The Bettses had four daughters, but Roxie worked as a night desk manager at a bowling alley, and credit cards smoothed the financial bumps. Weekend fishing trips to Key West could always be charged, and when the minimum payments got to be a problem, Betts refinanced the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The American Way of Debt | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

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