Word: walletful
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...feel himself at the mercy of governmental and business trends beyond his ken or control; when he goes to the store, he sometimes feels himself the victim of surly salespeople and shoddy goods. And when he starts feeling too strongly along such lines, he may start sitting on his wallet...
People stepped up their spending for better living (furniture sales were up 11%), for leisure (sporting goods up 5%) and culture (books up 8%). Close under the retailer's eye, dear to his heart and vital to his wallet was the fact that 75% of all department-store purchases were made by women. Indulging whimsy and impulse, they bought tens of millions of pairs of lacy, textured stockings (see MODERN LIVING) to wear in millions of fashionable high boots. They bought family pool tables, maternity stretch pants, gold-plated bathroom fixtures and electric sheet and mattress covers (for those...
Victims of yesterday morning's Adams House incidents said that the thief had not ransacked their rooms, but had only taken valuables lying in clear view. One said that $20 had been taken from his wallet; the other reported that his watch and a billfold with $30 and a number of credit cards had been stolen...
Should your wallet and limbs still be in good shape after a whirl at Sugarbush and the Glen, point your radiator North on Route 100 again to the appropriately named "Ski Center of the East"--Stowe, Vermont...
Police found a sweater, a flashlight, Ciccone's wallet, and four conflicting identification cards on the youth, as well as the television and record. "We may not know who he is," one officer observed, "but we damn sure know what...