Word: walleted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Instructions to be distributed with the "self-credit" cards say: "Carry the card in your wallet at all times . . . . At the very beginning of a meeting for settling any controversy, place your card on the table with those of others . . . . The mere fact that yours is on the table brings into play everyone's 'inner voice...
...call it a day. Exhausted, nerves frazzled, he walked home-carefully skirting shadows. He took a trifle longer than usual to open his triple-locked door. The delay proved unfortunate. Before John could slither inside his urban fortress, three thugs lurking in the vestibule relieved him of his wallet, his watch and his girl friend's Protectalarm. Then, for good measure, they gave him a whiff of his own Mace...
...tormentors, I want to start with a guy tormented and then the opposite happens. They come to the jail and they open the door and they say to you, 'A terrible mistake has been made.' And they give you your suit back, with your glasses and your wallet. And they say, 'Look, people from big magazines are going to come and write stories on you. And here's some money. And we're very sorry about this...
Other girls seem more concerned about the petty thefts that have taken place. "I'm scared to go out of my room and leave my wallet there. I have no assurance someone won't come in and take it," a girl in Cabot complained...
...cent of every class are alumni sons. Bender commented that prep schools. Bender commented that this reflected the belief that "in this too rootless world inheritance and nurture mean money." Yet inheri- tance and nurture mean more than money. A qualified applicant doesn't come out of a wallet. A good family, cultural background and an excellent education mean a great deal beyond academic credentials...