It then occurred to me that I could have a stamp made from the same electronic file if only the bank and credit card company would accept a stamped signature.
The Hall says it is neutral, but when it accepts a ball stamped with an asterisk, it is giving institutional credibility to the cynicism.
Under persistent but friendly questioning by Bill de Blasio, chairman of the Council's general welfare committee, Ms. Eggleston first defended her agency's refusal to accept a federal waiver from food stamp rules, but then agreed that if the economy worsened and workfare assignments fell short of demand from hungry applicants, she would reconsider.
A store list was generated by combining the following: a U.S. Department of Agriculture list of the names and addresses of all stores in greater Grand Rapids that accept food stamps, a compiled a list of all businesses in the Grand Rapids area described as a "market", "convenience store" or "grocery", and a purchased list of area stores from a commercial provider.
Cohen's connection to musicians has already helped him land some big-name endorsers, including David Crosby, Jackson Browne, the late Pete Seeger and Zydeco musician Terrance Simien, who mentioned the Stamp Stampede upon accepting a Grammy during this year's nontelevised portion of the awards ceremony.
Steve Tasane's narrative voice, on the other hand, is dancing and mercurial, as befits a performance poet – especially when the story is told from the point of view of Citizen Digit, a light-fingered blank, deliberately refusing to accept the stamp of any constant identity.
They would not accept anything stamped with a customs seal marked "Republic of Kosovo".
"When Chinese people visit Vietnam we have to accept it and place a stamp on their passports," said Mr. A, the former Vietnamese government adviser.
(The company eventually expanded deliveries to the rest of the borough and introduced a program to accept food stamps, both of which it said were planned).
It is no surprise that waves were made when a Massachusetts baker refused to accept food stamps in exchange for her specialty "whoopie pies" at a farmers' market this month.
