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Since the Widener circulation department has no record of how often particular books are charged out, this option would entail hiring staff to go through the stacks and check each book. Even then, records might be misleading, since checkout slips occasionally fall out. Library officials say this weeding-out process involves unfeasible time and manpower outlays. But compared to other strategies under consideration, it has clear advantages...
...Wolf, a Beverly Hills language teacher, consist of detailed checklists of chores in Spanish and English, terms for household and garden utensils and multicolored pages of cutout cards with instructions in both languages, like "Take out the trash" and "Polish the silver." The books, available at supermarket and pharmacy checkout counters, have drawn fire from some Hispanic organizations that regard them as racist and demeaning, but have been defended by such groups as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Says Author Wolf: "If I can save a maid's life because she doesn't mix ammonia...
Perhaps nothing is harder to satirize than a venture that is already a caricature of itself. By that standard, the ultimate challenge to a parodist would have to be the weekly scandal sheets sold at supermarket checkout counters, epitomized by the 56-year-old National Enquirer (circ. 5 million). The Enquirer and its imitators, including the Globe, Star and National Examiner, feverishly mine such exotic "news" as people biting snakes, unimaginably obese couples losing hundreds of pounds, clergymen having visions of aliens or ghosts, and almost any gossip involving the Kennedy family...
...back from the beaches and backyards to their lathes and typewriters, and salesmen hit the road again, knowing that their customers will once more be at their desks rather than on the golf links or tennis courts. Everyone, from the executive suite (indeed, the Oval Office) to the grocery checkout, tries to read the early signs to divine what is likely to occur in the months ahead. The chief questions: When is the economic recovery coming, and how strong will...
...Living Alone & Liking It is nonsense. People don't live alone and like it. They live alone as a compromise. It's miserable being alone." To remedy that, many singles seek out partners of the opposite sex at work, parties, health clubs, concerts, museums and supermarkets, lectures, checkout counters and a myriad of other activities. And, asks Douglas (who visited a singles bar once and hated it and who is "not into sweaty sports"): "What happens then? You end up sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring, but it won't because no one knows...