Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lottery ticket bought by some ailing grandmother who needs money for an operation will...
...newcomer, who has paid $5 for a one-way ticket, naively believes she should be entitled to heat, and, furthermore, to a seat. She mumbles into the aggregate human mass that riding the Long Island Rail Road is, on the whole, one of the 14 most uncomfortable things a human being can do, vying for pride of place with one of its associated enterprises, the New York City subway system, and root-canal surgery. To her surprise, all the inadvertent intimates within earshot protest vehemently. "It's not as bad as you make it sound," argues a gentleman...
Such restrictions failed to discourage potential passengers. Reservations lines were jammed last week as consumers rushed to book trips. To cope with the crush, American ticket agents were put on a six-day work week, part-timers were asked to work full time, and vacations were canceled. American, which expects to sell some 5 million seats at the new fares over the next three months, hopes to hit discounters like People Express hard by pampering passengers at comparable prices...
...copies for $8 each (sample verse: "But hope won't clothe your children/ It can't their hunger salve/ It will not pay the mortgage/ And hope is all we have"). Proceeds from the sales will be used to repay the Hirsts' IOUs, and each purchaser will receive a ticket for a drawing to be held on July 4. The person with the winning number gets the farm...
...race for passengers and profits in the deregulated airline industry claimed another victim last week when Northeastern International Airways filed for bankruptcy. More than 200 stranded passengers angrily demanded refunds at the airline's Fort Lauderdale ticket counters. The move followed staff cuts, canceled flights and missed paychecks at the company...