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...superfluous fat," a hair restorer and remedies for rheumatism, asthma, heart disease and an "opium and morphine habit." The bulk of the 1897 edition is devoted to the essentials of late-19th century life, at prices that today are pure nostalgia. Shoppers could find a 200-lb. barrel of corned beef for $9, a 35-lb. wooden pail of gumdrops at $1.65 and a dozen 5-lb. pails of strawberry jelly for $6. Clothing included men's wool worsted suits for $6.50 and ladies' "walking and bicycle suits" for $6.75, topped off by a "very stylish...
...moves elsewhere, but that is clearly not enough. No corporation is eager to move to a remote outpost; until some do, there are no jobs to attract workers. That applies to the government too. "Why does Pemex (the national oil monopoly) have headquarters here when not a single barrel of oil is produced in Mexico City?" asks Pablo Emilio Madero, head of the opposition National Action Party. "The same
Kaplan added that he expects to have "a barrel of laughs" at Harvard. A graduate of both the College and Harvard Law School, he said he knows a lot of people around the University...
...equipment in exchange for Government-backed loans, and so forth. It is an interesting idea, until one recalls the exhausting battles that invariably surround a single corporate bailout, such as that of Lockheed or Chrysler Corp. Moreover, an industrial recovery and reinvestment bill could easily become a hopeless pork barrel by the time lobbyists and horse-trading Congressmen finish with it. Such outcomes trouble many new-generation Democrats. "I am not sure Americans respond well to economic plans with a capital P," says Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis...
...idea is that Ronald Reagan leans back in his leather barrel chair, takes out his felt-tipped pen, looks out over the Rose Garden and writes a note to the other member of the superpower club, Konstantin Chernenko...