Word: ticket
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...when they were in the process of upgrading, offering, say, to give away a desktop computer if they were buying a laptop or an old sofa if they were getting a new one. But today, as consumer spending has plummeted, Martinez is seeing fewer offers to unload such big-ticket items. "What you can sense is that no one is buying anything new," she says. "They aren't upgrading, so there's nothing being passed down...
...says a team executive. "If a change on the bench can create value for your team, you're going to do it. You can't risk alienating your fans by just standing by while a team loses. In this climate, they won't be responding to those season-ticket notices come spring...
...drinking enough. But as she waited with Schwartz to find out the results of this year’s student government elections, vice-presidential candidate Alneada D. Biggers ’10 appeared to have her mind on other concerns. “A hell of a ticket and a hell of a campaign,” Biggers said before the results came in. Other supporters, gathered in the Democracy Center on Mt. Auburn Street, shared similar ideas. “We love Ben and that’s all that matters,” said current UC Representative Alyssa...
...compared to slightly over 39 per cent and 1,427 votes for rivals Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 and Alneada D. Biggers ’10. After votes were redistributed according to the Hare-Clark voting system, in which students cast single transferable votes, the Flores ticket had 1,791 votes compared to 1,634 for Schwartz...
...most corrupt states in the nation, Lieut. Governor Pat Quinn is considered something of a Goody Two-Shoes. Responsible for slashing the size of the state legislature, he has been booed by legislators on the capitol floor. He keeps a minimal staff and is said to charge $75 a ticket for fundraisers - at a time when entry to most is well into the hundreds if not thousands of dollars. The former tax attorney and divorced father of two started a citizens' oversight board for the state's utilities. His populist sympathies even led him to support a bill last year...