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...President George Bush was amazed by the bar-code scanners he saw last month at the National Grocers Association convention in Orlando, he would be truly astounded by some of the technology found in state-of-the-art supermarkets like the Food Emporium. At Vons, a 283-store chain based in Arcadia, Calif., "talking" aisles are equipped with computerized voices that explain products to shoppers. At St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets, electronic "price tags" have replaced paper shelf labels. These new digital labels are linked to a central computer that changes shelf prices for 2,000 to 4,000 items...
...dancing proceeds according to the caller'swhim. A typical sequence might be: "ladies chainwith a courtesy turn, then chain those ladiesright back again," or "left allemande with yourcorner, do sa do your partner. "When the moreexperienced club members are dancing, the callsget more florid, evoking tropical scenes ("make anocean wave"), carnivals ("ferris wheel"), andhelicopters ("rotary flight...
...taste was not the only issue. Public health came into play. After all, the tuna, at the top of its food chain, is known to carry more than a bit of mercury through its insides. Something kind of happens to your appetite when you know the Surgeon General should have tested the mineral levels in your lunch...
...donating his take to Indiana rape centers. This scenario will not unfold, even if Tyson could find an opponent (Holyfield, says his promoter, Dan Duva, will not fight Tyson). Bert Randolph Sugar, publisher of Boxing Illustrated, gives three reasons: "The state athletic commissions will lift his license. No hotel chain will sponsor it. And the event would have no advertising. You just can't see the announcer saying, 'And in this corner, the convicted rapist . . . Mike Tyson...
Puck even wore a revealing chain of leaves for his costume. Sometimes the dancers don't even have buns in their hair. How's that for modernization...