Word: cooped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...noticeable lack of textbooks at the Coop last fall had one good result: the Coop is more concerned now than ever before with getting textbooks on its shelves at the beginning of each term and keeping them in stock...
...Coop officials admit that preventing large textbook shortages in the past was mostly a matter of luck. By calling publishers at the last minute, they were often able to speed up the delivery of books -- a process that normally takes a few weeks -- to a few days. But last fall, when many publishers changed their procedures, the Coop's luck...
...Swenson will have to dispel a general impression that all of the Coop's troubles can be tied to its own "inefficiency and chaos," and that its textbook and general book departments are somehow below...
That is a tall order for Swenson and also for the Coop, which, until recently, had not given the problem much of its attention and is now busy with other matters, including planning for the new annex...
...Coop has apparently weighed seriously the possible reaction to another textbook shortage, another thousand titles missing. "If we fall down in supplying the essential tools of education, we're really falling down in our job," Morrill said. "I'll move heaven and earth to aoid that...