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...debate team built on its win of the Coolidge prize in competitions against Yale and Princeton during war years to attract an excited group of new participants...
...Skocpol, a professor of government and sociology at Harvard, who believes Edelman must inspire "the missing middle," the working parents stressed out by juggling work and family. One reason why children's issues are likely to become a prominent campaign issue is that both parties are working hard to attract blue-collar mothers. "Women are more likely to vote the family issues and want to be sure children get the right start," says Stanley Greenberg, pollster for the Democratic National Committee...
...suppliers selling only to them. Toys R Us CEO Michael Goldstein disputes the FTC's charges. He says the company must use such tactics to remain competitive with warehouse clubs that stock the hottest-selling items a few weeks before Christmas and sell them at or below cost to attract buyers. "Given that behavior, and Toys R Us' contribution to the industry" says Goldstein, "we have told manufacturers that we reserve our unquestionable right to refuse to carry the same items as warehouse clubs." Goldstein adds that the practice is central to Toys R Us' ability to compete, "supposedly...
...suppliers selling only to them. Toys R Us CEO Michael Goldstein disputes the FTC's charges. He says the company must use such tactics to remain competitive with warehouse clubs that stock the hottest-selling items a few weeks before Christmas and sell them at or below cost to attract buyers. "Given that behavior, and Toys R Us' contribution to the industry" says Goldstein, "we have told manufacturers that we reserve our unquestionable right to refuse to carry the same items as warehouse clubs." Goldstein adds that the practice is central to Toys R Us' ability to compete, "supposedly...
...miraculous blend of contemporary and Victorian morality and romance, it won the 1990 Booker Prize in Britain just as it was being published in the U.S. to glowing reviews and warm sales. Babel Tower (Random House; 625 pages; $25.95) is Byatt's first novel since then, and will surely attract the attention of all those enchanted by Possession. It is also likely to provoke some head scratching, since the new novel continues a story begun in two of Byatt's earlier, pre-Possession books...