Word: cheaping
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...where Ace Records, an obscure repackager of American music, decided for some reason in the late '80s to put out this compilation of George Jones' early material (most of their other stuff is rhythm and blues). If they paid for the rights at all, they must have got them cheap, because none of the tunes are particularly well known. For the seeker of hidden Jones gems, of course, this is catnip. And there are several, including this treasure. Recorded in 1961, it was written by Dallas Frazier, the Bakersfield cotton picker turned songwriter ("There Goes My Everything...
...place where you imagine the singer to be. It couldn't fit the Possum better. You see Jones slumped over a table in a seedy apartment above an equally seedy bar in some Texas downtown. With one hand on his brow and the other on a bottle of cheap whiskey, he laments his aching for alcohol and the pressure and embarrassment this dependency has placed on his wife, who slings drinks in the aforementioned watering hole...
...Having so many young people means there are lots of young people things to do--clubs in Central Square, lots of cheap restaurants that serve good food," she says. "That really adds a lot to the liveliness of the community...
...pluses, Audrey also has its flaws. The touch screen can be flaky and unresponsive; there's no spelling checker in e-mail; and Web browsing is diminished without such popular plug-ins as Windows Media Player, QuickTime and Shockwave. Call me cheap, but the $499 price tag seems about twice what Audrey is worth. The device works with such popular ISPs as Earthlink, Prodigy and AT&T but not with the biggest: America Online. That may be because AOL (which still plans to merge with TIME's parent company, Time Warner) is releasing its own appliance, built by Gateway, before...
...time low of 0.83 against the dollar, a 29% drop since its inception. If you believe the dollar is overvalued and subscribe to the prevalent view among currency analysts that the trend will reverse in the next 8 to 10 months, now is the time to buy cheap. For instance, EVERBANK.COM offers FDIC-insured deposit accounts and CDs denominated in euros and 29 other currencies. It's a way to diversify your portfolio--but note that it can be risky...