Chasing a good deal.
Gaby Yosca, 15, a sophomore at the Dalton School in New York, knows how to stretch a dollar. One hour spent in a Salvation Army store netted her several outfits and a book--all for $62.50. Tom Bettridge, Yosca's classmate, takes pride in vinyl records bought at a yard sale and a pair of thrift-shop trousers. And when Samantha and Ashlee Nola Nola (nô`lä), town (1991 pop. 32,613), in Campania, S Italy. It is an agricultural center with food-processing industries. An Etruscan stronghold as early as 500 B.C., Nola flourished after passing (c.316 B.C.) to Rome and was an important center of early Christianity. of Montgomery, Ala., shop for makeup, they head to the discount chains, where $20 buys far more than it does at a department store. Escalating prices and shifting personal values have prompted many young people to curb their spending and took for bargains. According to Teenage Research Unlimited, spending by teenagers has dropped 4 percent in the last year, to $158 billion. For some, pinching pennies becomes a competitive sport. "It's kind of a skill to find coot coot, common name for a migratory marsh bird related to rails and gallinules and found in North America and Europe. The American coot (Fulica americana), or mud hen, is slate gray with a white bill, black head and neck, and white wing edgings and tail patch. It has lobed toes and is a skillful swimmer and diver but takes flight awkwardly, pattering the water to gain impetus. It eats aquatic plants and insects. clothes for cheap money," says Bettridge. "The real bonus is that you know--and that other people know--when you've scored a find."
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