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...briefcase, a Baccarat crystal eagle and three suits. They allegedly bought the crystal and leather but declined the suits, demanding Armanis instead. This provoked a flurry of activity, since the nearby Dayton's didn't carry the favored designer in 42-long. Officers had to fetch some from the chain's Minneapolis branch. But the delay may have paid off, since by the time the new loot arrived, the elder Dicks were home. After some dickering--they explained that they never paid more than one-fifth of list--the couple handed over $800 for five $1,200 suits...
...everything makes him smile, particularly the company's attempt to expand its brand name into specialty stores. The 145 Sears HomeLife furniture stores have performed so poorly that Martinez has put plans to build more on hold. The company has had better success with the new Sears Hardware chain, and intends to expand it from 80 outlets to 560 by 2000. Martinez has tape-measured the division for more than $2 billion in sales by the end of the decade...
...only other campus drama experience came just last spring when I joined my house drama society, joining in an excruciatingly painful and drawn-out effort to stage "Jesus Christ Superstar" in the Winthrop courtyard, complete with plans to chain the Jesus to the Winthrop gates as a post-modern cross. Unfortunately, the show never materialized. I figured I had had a rather representative Harvard drama experience, and I retired quickly from my production aspirations...
...driver of Huizenga's new plan is a chain of used-car superstores under the name AutoNation USA. In the next few weeks Republic will complete its purchase of AutoNation and be free to pursue Huizenga's aggressive strategy. Republic is a diversified company with interests in security systems, waste removal and autos. The last, once the company acquires AutoNation, is where it expects to get most of its growth. Investors are hitching a ride. Since Huizenga took over in May 1995, Republic stock has rocketed from less than $2 to more than $30, making Wayne $750 million richer...
AILING. VACLAV HAVEL, 60, chain-smoking playwright-President of the Czech Republic; with pneumonia; following surgery to remove a malignant tumor and half of his right lung; in Prague. Doctors said Havel's prognosis was good, but late in the week, they performed a tracheotomy to relieve breathing problems. Havel's wife Olga, recipient of a famous series of his letters under the communists, died of cancer in January...