Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mamet was raised in a Jewish enclave hi Chicago, and his parents were divorced when he was eleven. He learned early on that language can be both a joy and a weapon. "In my family," he recalls, "there was always a large premium on being able to express yourself-if only for purposes of chicanery...
...pledging works, if you now feel guilty enough to carry through is this: Select one or more gift premiums from the catalogue available by calling 262-8700 (after determining how much you wish to pledge). If you pledge $20 or more, you may choose a musical request from over 1000 exclusive performances taped by the BSO at Tanglewood, Symphony Hall, and in Europe, under the batons of Koussevitsky, Leinsdorf, Much, Ozawa. Your choice selection will be broadcast over WCRB in the 4-day period. These recording are not available at the Coop, Strawberries, or any other record dealer...
Scrunched in the bottom left hand corner of page 8 of the catalogue is this curious little premium: Would you like to be cox of the HARVARD CREW for an hour at a time to be arranged with Coach Parker? $150 Who, disguised as a mild-mannered crew coach, disrobes backstage at Symphony each Saturday evening to reveal a stiff white collar caked with stale rosin from last weekend's manic rendition of Bruckner's eighth? Seems just about everyone is in on the adventure. And who could resist? With the opportunity to test your skills in the stern...
Although Government regulation is one solution for dealing with irresponsible shipowners, a more effective form could be provided by the marine insurance underwriters by developing a premium structure that reflected their actual risk. Peter M. Talbot Huntington...
...preferred stock has rebuilt its depleted reserves, the company is likely to go on shrinking for a while. GEICO is still losing policyholders it wants to keep; some are failing to renew because they distrust the company's finances, others because they will not accept the stiff premium increases. GEICO sells homeowners' insurance as well as auto policies-and some mortgage lenders are demanding that householders switch to richer insurers as their GEICO policies expire. Counting the policies already taken over by other insurers, says Byrne, "well probably lose 1 million" of the 3 million policyholders that GEICO...