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...never had any money at the end of the year, but we always felt the promise and the hope of a better year next year. I worked off the farm at a local bank, an insurance company, a truck line (some of the time at two jobs) along with canning and freezing fruits and vegetables to make ends meet. I sewed for the children and if I needed new curtains or a bedspread, I made them. So much of what we made from the farm went back into the farm, but we didn't require a lot for family living...
...Editorial Board: Marc J. Blitz '89 of Wigglesworth Hall and Ridgewood, N.J.; James E. Canning '88 of Leverett House and Salisbury, Conn.; Deborah E. Copaken '88 of Adams House and Potomac, Md.; Joseph K. Choo '89 of Weld Hall and Lexington; Miles F. Ehrlich '87 of Quincy House and Sacramento, Calif.; Nathan W. Eigerman '88 of Dudley House and Brooklyn, N.Y.; David Greene '89 of Hurlbut Hall and Spring Valley, N.Y.; Josh H. Henkin '87 of Quincy House and New York, N.Y.; Jennifer M. O'Connor of Eliot House and Wellesley; David Patent '88 Cabot House and Missoula, Mont.; Ellen...
Perhaps the Times's most blatant admission of its support for the city's large real-estate moguls was its recent canning of columnist Sydney Schanberg. Schanberg's column, called "New York," was a beat he clearly decided to cover thoroughly. Realizing that the New York of Broadway theatres, Times Square redevelopment (read gentrification) and egocentric mayors was being prominently displayed on the front page, Schanberg set out to cover a different New York...
...Tuna canning once thrived on the West Coast, but the major firms moved operations to Asia, the Caribbean and other offshore sites to take advantage of cheap labor. Also, the Japanese have been exporting tuna to the U.S. Since 1977, Star-Kist, Van Camp and Bumble Bee have shut down California canneries...
Dana A. DeGeorges, co-owner of Cannables, said yesterday his first-year venture is "a unique alternative to socks wrapped at the Coop." DeGeorges explained that he set up shop only in December because it is the time when canning appeals to a broad base of people. From January to November DeGeorges packages products for companies...