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...cavernous store in the Washington suburb of Dale City, Va., thousands of shoppers lined up last week with box-laden carts at a battery of check-out counters. A supermarket perhaps? Or a Toys "R" Us store? No, these bargain hunters were buying furniture. The boxes of all shapes and sizes contained build-it-yourself kits for assembling everything from chairs to cabinets. It may seem an odd way to furnish a house, but not to the throngs of customers who were grabbing, hauling and finally staggering out of the store...
...Capitol Hill, feelings are still ruffled by the incident. Said Democratic Senator Dale Bumpers of Arkansas: "A lot of people are in prison in this country for doing a lot less than Toshiba did." The House is weighing measures similar to those passed by the Senate. If the President vetoes the trade bill and thus the sanctions, the penalties could still be introduced as separate legislation. In that circumstance, Congress is expected to have enough votes to override a veto...
...rate of 36% a year. Says Caroline Zinsser of the Center for Public Advocacy Research in Manhattan: "It says something about our society's values that we pay animal caretakers more than people who care for our children." Gilda Ongkeko is delighted with the quality of the Hill an' Dale Family Learning Center in Santa Monica, Calif., attended by Jason, 4. In her job as owner of a preschool-supply company, she has come to appreciate how unusual it is. "I've been to over 1,000 child-care centers," she says, "and I'd say that 90% of them...
Harvard University Food Service workers started preparing food last week, says Dale M. Hennessey, assistant director for administration, who helps coordinate menus. The guests will consume 14,000 lbs. of salmon, 480 lbs. of asparagus and 1100 pints of strawberries, says Philip R. Bauer '36, senior food buyer for the Food Services...
Other Nieman Fellows include Elinor Brecher of The Louisville [KY] Courier-Journal, Frank Del Olmo of The Los Angeles Times, Robert Hitt III, of The Columbia Record, John MacCormack of the Dallas Times Herald, Dale Maharidge of The Sacramento Bee, Michele McDonald of The Virginian-Pilot, Eileen McNamara May of The Boston Globe, Lindsay Miller, a producer with Public Broadcasting Service, William Sutton, of The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Gene Weingarten, of the Miami Herald...