Word: uses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Will you still use an aluminum racquet, Fred?", another said...
Stolle waved his hand and tasted his beer. "Shi, go' teh use soomthin...
...printing the legend." The quote is a bastardization of a line delivered to Stewart in John ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and in its original context is a very bitter statement of an author (Ford) attempting to reevaluate his entire system of values. Stewart's recent use of the quote is not only far more common, it derives from a very dangerous assumption: that there is something which can be called the western myth, complete with characters conflicts, and values...
...bank can afford to be too choosy, since the 3% discount barely covers overhead, and monthly carrying charges are the cream of the business. Success for the banks depends on wide circulation of the cards among people who will use them to finance big-ticket purchases. Customers are assessed no fee if they pay their bills to the bank within 30 days; thereafter, the interest mounts at 1½ % a month. Thus the bankers expect to get most of their profits from people who do not pay punctually...
...gifts? Instead, Powell figured that a customer should be able to redeem the stamps where he gets them - for an extra loaf of bread at the grocery, or a tank of gas at the filling station. Powell thought that idea would appeal particularly to Negroes, many of whom could use the extra merchandise to satisfy basic needs. With that in mind, he started a black-owned business that is trying something relatively new, and the large white-owned stamp companies are watching with interest...