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Word: stitcher (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1963-1963
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...paint to the house, to buy a garbage-disposal unit, to refurnish the living room and to replace the TV set with a newer model. Consumers have become so casual about outlays that used to call for a family council that Miss Sadie Zlotkin, a temporarily unemployed coat stitcher in West Los Angeles, when asked if she had made any major purchases in the last year, could reply: "Nothing major. Only a trip to Europe." Despite a shorter shopping period this year between Thanksgiving and Christmas-and the sudden, shocked setback of President Kennedy's death just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Surprisingly Good Year | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

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