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While Smith says NAAFA advocates healthy foods and exercise, you couldn't find a jumping jack or a bean sprout at the march. But 1) they were out in the healthy California sun and 2) there was nothing to eat but a few cookies...
Furnishing the new room for less may mean comparison shopping, but a trip outside of the Square affords mounting savings. The basic nylon bean-bag chair, a staple of dorm decor, sells for $54 at Urban Outfitters, but those willing to stop by Economy Hardware can get an almost identical bag for $14 less. Generally, the larger the item--from futon to area rug--the greater the savings...
...black organizations using city money to develop minority-owned firms. Williams thought they were spending the money inefficiently, and he sponsored a bill to cut them loose. Later, as an official with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Williams worked to bring developers into struggling neighborhoods--neighborhoods sometimes suspicious of a bean counter wearing a bow tie. (Williams adopted the bow tie because he liked the look of a couple of Nation of Islam guys who worked in the office--though he says the choice was strictly sartorial, not religious.) Still later, when Williams worked at St. Louis' Community Development Agency...
Scribes are already scrambling to immortalize in poetry and prose the sensational seasons of Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, which is why we decided to take a page from the bean-counter's handbook and offer naught but the facts. Here they are, as compiled by our friends at the Elias Sports Bureau...
Saturn's factory-floor democracy turned ornery as Detroit bean counters pushed to cut costs in this eroding market. For example, over the Fourth of July weekend, headquarters called Spring Hill to check on how many people were in the plant working on maintenance chores, accusing them of larding the payroll. "We're working on things, and they're calling down here saying we have too many people," gripes Mike Bennett, bargaining chairman of U.A.W. 1853. "You save a few hundred dollars in overtime, but you could lose millions down the road." If the line goes down, the dollars mount...