Word: saving
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Certainly it has revolutionized the way Americans conduct business. Once upon a time, direct mail evoked only two names: Montgomery Ward and Richard Sears. Ward, a Midwest traveling salesman, had a simple idea: "Sell directly to the consumer and save them the profit of the middleman." In 1872 he published a one-page listing of 163 items, from red flannel cloth to oilcloth table covers, and mail order as we know it today was born. Fourteen years later, Sears, a Minnesota railroad-station agent, decided to mail a few $12 watches to his peers for $14 apiece. When the ploy...
Rumors of the bank's imminent failure circulated throughout Harlem like a bad dollar bill all weekend. Anxious depositors began lining up outside on 125th Street in Manhattan as early as 5 a.m. last Tuesday, following the Veteran's Day holiday. By 9 a.m. the crowd was chanting, "Save the bank! Save the bank!" But Freedom National Bank was not to be saved. Instead, it became the 155th bank to be closed by the government so far this year. Said a saddened depositor, Joan Carpenter: "It's a shame. This is the only black bank in Harlem, and it shouldn...
...last-ditch effort to save Freedom, political and business leaders tried to raise the $6 million needed to keep the bank solvent. But federal regulators closed Freedom after the group failed to meet a Nov. 13 deadline. Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel, in whose district the bank was situated, charged that the government moved too hastily. "It was mean spirited," he says. "We needed more time...
...conquest. Hispanic Americans want to use the quincentenary to stress the glories of Spanish culture in the New World. Environmentalists see the anniversary as a reminder that the arrival of Europeans meant the despoliation of the New World and as a potential inspiration to modern-day Americans to save what is left of the hemisphere's threatened landscape...
Only one-third of the Palestinians employed in Israel have work permits, and even bona fide laborers are barred from spending the night inside Israel. Many ignore the ban, sleeping in the back rooms of restaurants and warehouses to save money and avoid roadblocks. On average, they earn about 40% less than their Israeli counterparts, and many are forced to pay social security taxes even though they are ineligible for most benefits...