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Little Jack Horner's Trick and Joke Shop in downtown Boston may fare better than the Combat Zone Smoke Shop and Laberty Tree Only half of the store's stock consists of paraphernalia. while the rest devoted to jokes, magic tricks, and Halloween masks Manager David Bertolino says he is optimistic that the new law will not hurt his store, and says most of his sales come from the trick and joke products Bertolino says he is not currently stocking up with any new smoking supplies. but sales of those items have been phenomenal customers are coming in and buying...
President Horner last fall lobbied for Senate approval of the sale of AWACS aircraft to Saudi Arabia, co-signing a confidential telex on the eve of a crucial Senate vote that strongly urged a handful of wavering senators to cast their votes for the sale "in the best interests of the United States...
...October 28 telex--signed by Horner and 22 corporate executives on a tour of Eastern Europe and the Middle East sponsored by Time, Inc.--argues that Senate rejection of the sale of the electronic reconnaissance planes would "severely damage U.S. credibility in [the] Arab world...
Alone among the 23 signers, Horner did not include her institutional affiliation on the telex, which was received by about 20 senators only hours before the Senate approved the sale by a 52-48 margin...
...clearly an individual statement and in no way should reflect on the institution," Horner said this week, adding that Time invited her to join the two-week "fact-finding" tour because she sits on the board of Time. Inc. She explained that she occupies that post primarily because of her "work as a scholar," not because she is president of Radcliffe...