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...their youngest child is 12 weeks old." Did we read that correctly? Forget about the mother's regaining her strength or ensuring her child's well-being by breast feeding; forget about the critical mother-child bonding process. Let's just get that woman behind the counter of the discount store (where she will earn less than the licensed child-care provider she'll require). TRACY AND ELIZABETH HODSON Alameda, Calif...
Several other dry cleaners offer similar deals. At Top Cleaners on Cambridge Street and Rite-Way Dry Cleaners near the Quad, free storage awaits those who pay for dry cleaning. Rite-Way even gives a 10 percent discount to ID wielding Harvard students...
Zoeller soon paid a price for saying openly what many others were thinking secretly. K Mart, the discount chain with a big African-American clientele, unceremoniously dumped him as the sponsor of a line of golf clothing and equipment, and he abjectly withdrew from the Greater Greensboro Open tournament. "People who know me know I'm a jokester. I just didn't deliver the line well," Zoeller tearfully explained. But his real crime was not, as he and his defenders seem to think, merely a distasteful breach of racial etiquette or an inept attempt at humor. The real crime...
Most book clubs, however, are informal, private affairs, chautauquas in a bottle. Sometimes aided by bookstore "liaisons," who often sell them books at a discount and may even provide a meeting space, these do-it-yourself salons offer a literary booster shot for people nostalgic for dorm-room bull sessions. Laura Srebnik, 42, is a New York City policy analyst whose group meets once a month. "I love it," she says. "I believe you have to set up situations where you can think about larger principles." A high-powered book club in Washington, started by Kenneth Brody, the former president...
...cannot discount Scott Harshbarger, McGrail says. "You can ask Jim Shannon that and he'll tell you the same thing...