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...CANADIAN AUTHOR Margaret Atwood about the critical contention most frequently leveled at her five novels--that they "hate men"--and she will acrew her aristocratic features into a grimace, primly fold her blue-veined hands, and lunch sing-song into what is clearly an oft-repeated litany...
Inflation and high interest rates are the biggest spurs to bartering. "Barter is a booming business because of the economic climate," says Moreton Binn, 45, chairman and chief executive of Atwood Richards, Inc., of New York, the nation's oldest (1958) and largest bartering organization...
...cleansing products by about 20%, trading the cleansers to Binn for $500,000 worth of services including TV and radio advertising time. Binn plans to trade the cleansers to Hilton and Sheraton hotels, receiving in return room spaces plus food and bar credits, which he will offer to other Atwood Richards clients. At no point during the deal will money change hands...
...barterers, though, still do some things the old-fashioned cash-on-the-barrelhead way. Atwood Richards pays its 58 employees primarily in cash, although some workers gladly accept some of their pay in the form of free hotel and travel services while on vacation...
...also warned the U.S. to consider its general foreign policy in broader terms. "The Russians are better chess players," Atwood said...