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...concert of the season with Stravinsky's Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra, Prokofieff's Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936) and Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K.V. 219. In Paine Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6, $5 for students, with a $1 discount when purchased in advance, and are available in the Holyoke Center Ticket Office...
Traditionally, consumer spending the day after Thanksgiving has been a good indicator of how successful the holiday season will be for retailers, said Jerry Berkeley, assistant manager of Discount Records...
...Much of the credit for the project's success belongs to the professionals, men like Derouen, 57, who have given more than just their time. Derouen, who just helped complete 11 houses and is ready to begin work on an additional 15, encourages the women, supplies materials at a discount and once even presented Southern Mutual with a laughable $12.50 bill for roof repairs and materials...
...patronizing sales, pitch we were told the clothes being exhibited were objects d'art that sell for as much as $400 at stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Harrods. Those tempted to buy one of Bina's creations after the show would get a 30 percent discount--just tonight and only for us. The staged exotica, the announcer repeatedly exclaimed, were made in India and handcrafted by refugee artisans from Afghanistan and Iran--I suppose the skills of indigenous Indian craftsman are not quaint or exotic enough to make it to an international fashion show these days...
Some experts argue that Totenberg was just doing her job in the Hill case and that her opinions on issues are all up front and available for the audience to accept or discount. "The fact that she happened to be the vehicle for Hill's charges becoming public isn't germane to her being a commentator," says Stephen Isaacs, associate dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. As for her own involvement with sexual harassment, George Harmon of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern is more sanguine. "She's a professional," Harmon says. "She ought to be able...