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...They cater to a small group," Krause says. "I don't see postering. You don't expect museums to poster but if they did, more would come...
...cater a lot to the kids, so they always seem to enjoy it here," says Leo Sawyer, manager of La Famiglia restaurant on Newbury...
Once the knapsack from home is empty, there are four basic means of survival: charity, meaning the small number of soup kitchens and shelters that cater to the young; panhandling; prostitution; and drug dealing. Hunger is the least daunting problem. In both Los Angeles and San Francisco, any youth who doesn't mind a lot of walking can find at least two free meals a day at various youth centers. And even the unluckiest panhandlers can make enough for a meal; at Taco Bell on Hollywood Boulevard, for example, a burrito costs only 59 cents. Then there is "table scoring...
Retailers too are hunting for skilled sales personnel to explain sophisticated products. Home Depot is increasingly turning to design-school graduates to work in its new line of Expo stores, which will cater to customers building new houses. The company has already hired armies of carpenters, electricians and other craftsmen to take the angst out of shopping as the do-it-yourself chain has expanded to more than 300 outlets. Home Depot went farther afield to hire Larry Wells, 43, who lost his $60,000-a-year job as an Eastern Airlines pilot when that carrier went out of business...
Sudholz also said it is important to keep in mind that while some businesses cater to students, others do not depend on them all much. Students accounted for only 18 percent of the dollars spent in Harvard Square each year...