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...infringing on a residential neighborhood but instead a member of the local community. Like others in the real world, Davis goes grocery shopping and cooks her own food. She and LeCompte work for two hours each week at the Harvest Co-op in order to get a 20 percent discount on groceries. “There is so much craziness and stress in the dorms sometimes, especially during exam times. Here, you can take half an hour, cook dinner, eat dinner, and talk a walk to the grocery store,” says Davis...

Author: By Adam P. Schneider, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Life in the Real World | 11/13/2003 | See Source »

Stew asked Andy to come down to his store to discuss the situation. Andy spent two hours explaining the fundamentals of the business, and at one point, Andy recalls, "when I mentioned a cash discount, Paul interrupted me and asked, 'What's that?'" Finally, after hours of discussion, Stew interjected himself and said, "Okay, Andy, enough! I want to go ahead on this. I'll buy 2,000 cases. Are you going to make it?" "What was I going to say," Andy says, "other than okay, because he was one of my biggest customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Newman's Own Story | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

Many of these shops are still giving a 10 percent discount on bike lights to anyone who brings in a citation, a newspaper article or a copy of the “Be Bright-Use a Light” program information, available online at the city of Cambridge website (www.cambridgema.gov...

Author: By Harry Ritter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fines For Bikers Roll Through Cambridge | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

Susan B. Marine, director of the Office for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, said that though she did not want to discount the criticisms, she was surprised because she has had an “overwhelmingly positive” experience in discussing the recent date rape drug problem with...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UHS Allegedly Bungled Case | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

...paying up to $1 million for a membership. Today a membership costs about $22,500. In the past three years nearly 200 of Japan's 2,400 golf courses have declared bankruptcy, according to Teikoku Databank, a credit-research agency. "Goldman is buying these distressed properties at a great discount," says Joel Gomberg, an analyst at William Blair & Co. "There's great value potential here; it's a savvy move." Among Accordia's tactics to lure people to the game--which many Japanese have played within strict guidelines--loosening dress codes and letting players drive golf carts on the grass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goldman Tees Off in Japan | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

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