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Word: teller (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the record-industry turnaround, no one expects an early return to the boom of five years ago. Says Al Teller, general manager of Columbia Records: "We're a mature industry. The huge growth of the '60s and '70s is not on the horizon." One reason is that baby boomers, who bought many more records than their parents, are now getting into their 30s and buying fewer records. But music executives do not want to think about those sour trends. For now, they want to sit back and listen to the sweet music those megahits are making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Discs Click with TV Flicks | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...money-market deposits, credit cards and stock transactions into a single financial pot. But consumers must be prepared to pay annual fees of up to $100 for the new accounts, and personal treatment may become a thing of the past as financial institutions automate services previously done by a teller or a clerk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scrambling for New Customers | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

After market studies showed consumers would be willing to pay higher fees for East and simple bank transactions, Citibank created different levels of service, depending on the bank balance. For instance, a customer with $25,000 on deposit is guaranteed an express teller line with no more than a two-minute wait; $10,000 yields a slower teller line with a five-minute limit. The bank is now testing a program where customers with less than $5,000 in their accounts cannot see a teller to make deposits and withdrawals. Instead, they will have to queue up at an electronic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scrambling for New Customers | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

...then, to read that I said, "We can at least be safe at home, without allies." I appreciate that "with our allies" in a Hungarian accent may sound like "without allies," or that a typographical error could accomplish this reversal. Your kind correction will keep the record straight. Edward Teller Stanford, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 25, 1983 | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

...going bananas all through town," says Denver Police Sergeant Don De Novellis, who directs the department's major coke cases. "It's everywhere. It's like cigarette machines in a bar." That seems a bit hyperbolic. But in North Beach, a funky neighborhood in San Francisco, the banks' "electronic teller" machines, which will dispense no more than $200 daily to each customer, attract long lines just before midnight every Saturday. "I'll bet you," says Haight-Ash-bury's Dr. Smith, "that 90% of them are taking out their next day's money to buy some coke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crashing on Cocaine | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

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