Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just missed her limousine to Wilton, Conn., where she was meeting a friend with whom she was about to embark on a trip around the world. They were looking forward eagerly to taking an elephant-ride in the Himalayan Mountains. Resigned to a wait, Miss Bull bought a limousine ticket from Edgar Cooper, 38, who was also there by chance. Normally, Cooper worked at a booth in the American Airlines section, but he was filling in here...
...Year's Day a new California law went into effect that sharply reduces the penalties for possession of marijuana. Now anyone caught with less than an ounce of grass will be given only a traffic ticket-type citation and a possible fine...
...prosecutors. To his detractors he was unorthodox, ruthless, overzealous, tyrannical and inept. Last week, in a meeting that lasted less than three minutes, New York Governor Hugh Carey told Nadjari to clean out his desk. For Carey, who is thought to be eying a spot on trie Democratic national ticket, the firing could prove a costly blunder. At best, it was badly timed and handled...
Even in stores that cater to a less well-heeled clientele, retailers discovered that big-ticket items such as furs (TIME, Dec. 29) and electronic digital watches were selling briskly. Consumers, it seemed, were interested in high-quality goods and were less inclined than they once were to hunt for bargains. This year's most popular items included sportswear, fashion accessories and cosmetics, along with newfangled small appliances like peanut-butter makers and electric hot-dog grillers and such voguish gimmicks as mood rings and "pet rocks." Only "intimate apparel" clearly fell shy of merchants' expectations...
...National's "sexist" advertising ("I'm Barbara. Fly me."), the hostesses seem determined to strike National like it has never been struck before: at week's end they were within a few days of beating the 116-day walkout record set by National's striking ticket clerks...