Word: bejewelled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours a day and worrying the rest. In spite of their labor, roughly a third of these small proprietorships go bankrupt within a year after they open and another third closes within five years. The mom-and-pop merchants try again and again, however, anxious to feed, clothe and bejewel us in order to nurse their infant stores along, maybe hoping that their progeny will remember the favor and take care of them when they retire...
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