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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Located at 1436 Mass Ave. the store is the third and largest branch in a family chain that began with the opening of Central Surplus in Central Square 42 years...
...talking about Club Med--you know, the posh resort chain that bills itself the "antidote to civilization," where decadent New York singles trade in dollars at the beginning of their stays for the clever, back-to-nature currency of beads...
Across the Bay in San Francisco's public library, a chain reaction rippled through the stacks, dumping 250,000 books into piles on the floor. At a meeting of water-pollution-control officials at the Moscone Convention Center, security guard Charles Scott stood with 200 people at an awards ceremony. "Suddenly people were falling off the stage, and the lights went out," he said. "Then everyone panicked and starting running in all directions. I screamed, 'Don't run, don't run!' But people were running over each other, and I was knocked down." Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt...
Arriving fire fighters finally managed to pry Cathy loose. Then doctors who had rushed to the scene from Oakland hospitals made a tough decision. "The mother is in the way, O.K.?" said intern Daniel Allen. "We're going to take a chain saw through the body to get to him." Even after that macabre operation, the boy was still trapped. Only when trauma surgeon James Betts amputated his right leg could Julio be freed. "He was moving and crying out," Betts explained later. "We couldn't just leave him there...
...Mysterious Bookshop (20,000; New York City). The biggest mystery is how this unassuming little Manhattan shop managed to sell $1 million worth of crime and detective fiction last year despite the presence, within easy walking distance, of five chain outlets. The solution: Mysterious carries hard-to-find whodunits that mystery buffs crave. Says customer Steve Ritterman: "There's much more depth here than in a regular bookstore -- authors you can't find elsewhere." Owner Otto Penzler concedes that he does not do smash business with best sellers by the likes of Robert Parker or Robert Ludlum. "B. Dalton...