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...every item in the bags is as harmless as a lunch sack--or as soft as the Charmin that Harvey sees so often. "Those clipboards, they're dangerous," Goodridge says, warily eying the sharp edge of a metal clip...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Checking You Out | 4/4/1992 | See Source »

...nation's 31,000 supermarkets today face a different world. After expanding more than 5% a year during the 1980s, they have seen growth slowing since 1989. Last year sales grew only 2%, to $376 billion, largely because of the recession. Now profits are being squeezed more than the Charmin as stores struggle to cope with mounting takeover debt. Six of the top 12 supermarkets, including Safeway, Jewel and Lucky, were snapped up in buyouts during the past decade. The survivors face more competition than ever before. It is not uncommon to find three or four national chains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supermarkets Grocery-Cart Wars | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...less pleasant aspects of life in Holworthy is having to get your own toilet paper. Unless you showed up at school with a lifetime supply of Charmin, don't plan on signing up to take any noon classes. You see, toilet paper can only be procured from our friend in the basement of Mower. And only from 12:15 to 12:45 on weekdays. Seriously...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Just Remember One Thing: Avoid Any B-31 Room | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...Everybody's talking about it," she said. "One guy from Florida Southern University wrote me, telling me how he heard about our situation and how he wished he could ship the whole dormitory some Charmin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 11/15/1986 | See Source »

...were allowed four rolls of toilet paper at a time, but that ration was reduced to only two when you moved into certain Houses. Or why any House would have a toilet paper quota to begin wish. Are Masters afraid, you'll spend all your time "squeezing the Charmin" instead of studying, or do they just want to prevent you from t.p. ing the Yard...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Of Waffles and T-Bones | 4/29/1985 | See Source »

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