Word: chambers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...manufacturers are selling their own goods, the stores are well stocked and well organized. Says Jean Smith, the manager of Liberty Village: "Mostly we have last season's styles and production overruns." Indeed, "Flemington is not competing with K mart," says Fran Durst, president of the Hunterdon < County Chamber of Commerce, which has headquarters here. "In the Anne Klein outlet, you're still going to pay $250 for a suit. But it would have cost you $500 in Bloomingdale...
Some younger residents, of course, worry about expanding commercialism. Says the Chamber of Commerce's Durst: "We try to point out to them that over 50% of village taxes are paid by the merchants." Still, on a pleasant Saturday $ afternoon, with traffic tied up and stores mobbed with bargain blitzers, one wonders what the locals do for fun. They go shopping, of course. "We can't even move around here," says one resident. "So we usually head over to Bridgewater Commons Mall. You know, to shop at Macy's and Brooks Brothers." Apparently, it's all a matter of perspective...
...JOHN PAUL II ANTICHRIST. In case that was not clear enough, Paisley roared, "Antichrist! I renounce you and all your cults and creeds." The Pope gave a slight, bemused smile while members of the Parliament shouted Paisley down. A brief scuffle broke out as they dragged him from the chamber...
Robert E. Heroux, executive vice president of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, says the problem is not limited to Harvard Square alone. "Every retail district in the region has the same situation," he says. "It's the down side of good times." Massachusetts' unemployment rate of about 3 percent is among the lowest in the country...
Heroux says employers should not expect an easing of the labor shortage any time soon. He says the Chamber of Commerce is working with businesses to promote the employment of teenagers and other groups that are traditionally overlooked...