Word: cashing
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...around three sides and a built-in organ. There were large exhibits featuring New England buildings and grounds of different epochs ranged along the walls. An entire grist mill had been imported from somewhere in Connecticut: it had a turning water wheel and a rustic sign which read "Terms Cash." People occasionally, we were told, got the idea it was a wishing well and tossed coins into the water under the wheel. Across from the mill, and separated from it by a piece of tumbling New England hillside, was a blacksmith shop. Once in a while a short...
...Elliots had fled scandal in England; Mrs. Ashburn had brought her family in abortive search of a fortune in cotton. They eke out a poor existence from the wilderness, contending with drought, fever, and the whims of the Zulus, Mrs. Ashburn even resorts to hatching python eggs for spare cash...
...Long, Fellows. Some comfort-loving miners built shacks, and a rickety boom town began to rise beside the river. Buyers flocked in laden with cash, arriving by plane in a grassy field near by. They also flew in food and yanqui beer at $1.50 a can. Eggs cost $1.20 apiece...
...Cheesecake. Under Editor Petersen, the News avoids cheesecake, generally shies away from sensationalism, but is not above reporting an occasional sex murder. As circulation builders, it uses giveaway contests, with prizes as high as $50,000 in cash. For non-Mormon readers, the News also gives faithful objective coverage to news of other churches...
Since Dick Button had won everything in sight in amateur skating, rink fans wanted to know what he would do next. Last year, when he was still a Harvard freshman, word went round that he might turn pro after the 1950 championships, to cash in on his crowd appeal as 1948 Olympic Women's Champion Barbara Ann Scott had done. Last week Sophomore Button settled that rumor. Said he: "Think I'm crazy enough to sweat through two years of Harvard and then not finish...