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Loehmann's, one of the first bargain retailers and lately one of the fastest growing, does not have customers; it has addicts. Says one shopper, a woman who works for a New York advertising agency: "When I miss a week, I feel as though I've missed out on something. My stomach gets tight and I feel sick." Lauren Bacall, in her autobiography, By Myself, cites Loehmann's nine times...
...right stuff for an astronaut involves a definite lack of depth, which isn't to say these men are fools. Rather, they move as with blinders, interested almost solely in the fulfillment of their boyish dreams to be the fastest man on earth, or as Gordon Cooper phrases it, to be "the hotdog man himself." The proprietress of the restaurant on Edwards Air Force Base even promises a prize for the winner of one of their games. Says she, "The first fella that breaks the sound barrier's gonna get a free steak with all the trimmin...
...unpleasant seeing Ford get up to do these wonderful things, just as, for at least a while, Joe Morgan was a joyous sight. "I have never been this close to going away," he says quietly, but the proud manner in which he adds, "I can still hit the fastest pitches in our league," suggests he will not quit at 40 at that. If his batting average was .230 for the season, a burst of Morgan's old self in the closing month filled his ego to at least an inch above the brim. "I'm the best...
...fastest sculler in the United States is a low-key guy. "There's something about messing around in boats that I find pleasant." Tiff Wood '75 says simply about the sport to which he has dedicated the last 16 years of his life...
...Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. has been the No. 1 nonfiction bestseller for 14 consecutive weeks. The millionth copy of the book rolled off the presses last month, less than a year after its November 1982 publication. That milestone, claims the publisher, made Excellence the second-fastest-selling nonfiction hardcover book in U.S. history, topped only by Alex Haley's Roots...