Word: annexation
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...Sept. 24, five days after registration last Fall, a large number of students -- more than usual -- were walking up to clerks in the Coop annex and complaining they couldn't find the textbooks they needed on the shelves. A count at the end of the day showed they were right: almost 1,000 out of 3,000 titles on the reading lists were missing...
...students didn't complain about a sold-out book, then the clerks didn't always notice it immediately, delaying its re-order. But the clerks, Coop officials insist, were and are as good as the staff of any Boston department store; what may have looked like "chaos" in the annex was the necessary moving of books...
...near future. Its net income dropped slightly last year for the second time in a row, despite a rise in sales., This was due to the cost of constructing a new store at M.I.T. And soon the Coop will have to start paying for the Palmer Street annex...
...annex itself is not expected to add much to the Coop's net income. Scheduled for completion this spring, it will house general and reference books on the ground floor, paperbacks and records on the second and textbooks on the third, with escalators between floors -- and a freight elevator that may be used by customers during the rush periods at the beginning of each term. Coop officials are sure the annex will bring an increase in sales, but that the extra money will be needed to pay its operating costs...
Dietz has been feuding with the Coop for 20 months, alleging that plans for its new annex violate the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance...