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...their fund of novel merchandising methods and had gone about as far in price competition as solvency allowed (most supermarkets operate on a 3½% profit margin). Looking for a new competitive edge, grocerymen found it in trading stamps. "Women feel guilty about spending their husbands' hard-earned dough for 'extras,' " says one stamp-company executive. "But if a woman gets her hair dryer or new chair with stamps, she can convince herself she's a thrifty shopper." The "extras" most in demand at the redemption centers are relatively modest items that the average family...
...Murray Kempton, James Wechsler and Max Lerner. may take some time getting used to. "For hors d'oeuvres," wrote Mrs. Javits, describing the table she laid for some visitors, "I served eggplant caviar on tiny rounds of toasted bread. Lunch began with quiche Lorraine, with special homemade puff-dough cheese sticks, followed by a main course of cold jellied boeuf . . . You can understand why neither the Senator nor I could eat dinner that night...
Before Kennedy completely ruins our system of free enterprise, someone should tell him that the dough that sent him to Harvard didn't come from the bakery shop...
...Papa Joe hasn't the dough to buy up control of the steel industry and fire those greedy, power-hungry executives who displeased his boys...
...city's biggest dilemma in the age of the automobile: the stores have the goods, but where does the shopper park? After a few more years of this, says Planner-Architect Victor Gruen, the cities of America are going to be like doughnuts-"all the dough on the outside, and a hole in the middle...