Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Guests, who paid $5 a ticket for the dinner and dancing, traded stories about Vellucci. "He gets up at five in the morning and he drives around in his brown Chevy Chevette just to see who's sleeping on the job," one woman said. "I saw him on the way over here tonight, and there was no room in that car of his--he made all the salad himself and then carted it over," another reported...
...Kennedy would take it in a walk," Weicker said as he flew to Hartford, Conn. aboard Air Force One as the President's guest. "There's too many Democratic congressmen and senators with their necks on the line. They want the strongest possible person at the top of the ticket," he added...
...your phonetic rendering of woof ticket, the pronunciation is correct, but rather than being a "wolf ticket (meaning a challenge to fight), it is a "woof ticket (meaning a bluff). One often hears the term woofin' to mean that someone is in a sense barking, not yet committed to bite. Thus an inferior athletic team "sells woof tickets," trying to psych out its opponents. The superior team, confident of its ability, "buys all woof tickets...
...lowest level in 30 years. Because spending by individuals on all sorts of goods and services accounts for fully two-thirds of the nation's gross national product-far more than spending by Government and business combined-a sharp retrenchment in purchases of autos, houses and other big-ticket items would surely deepen the shallow recession that many economists believe has already begun...
...European thrift mentality may not be immediately apparent to tourists, but it is strong. Do-it-yourself repairing is popular, meatless days are common, fast foods are rare, and big ticket appliances like washers, dryers and dishwashers are not considered necessities. Shopping is done carefully, with the emphasis on price and quality. Cars may be expensive, but they will be owned for nearly a decade and revitalized with new engines rather than traded in after three years. Executives may buy an expensive tailor-made suit, but it will be made to last seven or more years. Foreign holidays...