Word: thrifts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...growth sector in banking. An estimated $20 billion in these loans is currently on the industry's books, with some 50% of that having been added in the past year alone. New Jersey's City Federal Savings and Loan Association, the nation's 25th largest thrift institution, has nearly tripled its second-mortgage portfolio, to $118 million, during the year. United Jersey Bank, a leading commercial bank lender in the state, has been trying to expand its loan business with hucksterish newspaper ads that advise readers: "Go ahead. Add a room, take a trip, pay old bills...
...Whenever or wherever I go, my eyes are always peeled for thrift stores or junky little shops," says Sue Crichton, a recent University of Tennessee graduate...
Crichton and her friend, Greg Crone, also a recent UT graduate, have each been shopping at thrift markets since high school...
After Crichton and Crone peruse the clothing, they turn to the kitchenware and small furnishings and find the prices just as agreeable as those for the thrift store shirts on their backs...
...source of pollution could have been cleaned up at a cost of $250,000. The company delayed and since has paid out $13 million in damage claims. Now, experts estimate, it will cost at least $2 billion to purify the river. Contends Costle: "In a misguided sense of thrift, we can save ourselves broke...