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Harvard Bookstore does not mark down most of its books, but holds discount volumes in its "remainders bin," and its frequent buyers program is famous among Harvard undergraduates...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Coop Books More Expensive | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

...stamp for each purchase over ten dollars, and once you've collected ten stamps, you get a 20 percent discount on a single purchase of up to $200," said Amy M. Arnold, an employee of the Harvard Bookstore...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Coop Books More Expensive | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

...least one of the "viatical" companies that purchase the life-insurance policies of AIDS patients at a discount--thus providing the dying with a ready source of cash--has closed down its operations. When protease inhibitors were introduced, the actuarial odds changed overnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS: WHAT, I'M GONNA LIVE? | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...jaunty blue and white planes. From its Atlanta hub, the airline will fly to Washington, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa, but bargain hunters should hurry - the fares are only good till Thursday. Despite 15 weeks of inactivity, ValuJet still has the cash reserves to kick operations off with a discount rates, but faces competition upon its return to the skies. Trying to counter price competition on its routes in the southern U.S., Atlanta-based Delta Airlines has decided to strike back by matching ValuJet's low fares on routes to Florida. Josh Dubow

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Come Fly With Us -->