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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Employees of the competing companies, Gnomon Copy and the Copy Cast service located inside the J. August clothing store, picketed and distributed leaflets outside each other's stores on Mass, Ave., along what the Wall Street Journal once called the "Sunset Strip of Copying...
...price war began in late October when J. August started charging a flat rate of two cents a copy, underselling Gnomon's price of three cents for the first ten copies of an order and two cents a copy thereafter...
Gnomon lodged a compliant with the Massachusetts attorney general, claiming J. August was illegally selling under cost. But the attorney general's office never took action on the matter. Gnomon also fought back directly by offering the J. August price to customers who specifically requested...
...viewed as having little chance of winning in the suburban, heavily working-class district. Markey, however, was thought to have a better chance of winning, and had drawn support from several local politicians who were well respected in liberal circles. Perhaps the most prominent Markey supporters were Representative Michael J. Harrington '58, a Democrat who represents the North Shore district next to Markey's, and State Representative Barney Frank '62, a Democrat from the Back Bay who used to work for Harrington...
Harvard is too busy looking out for itself to support community activities in Cambridge, Alfred J. Vellucci, mayor of Cambridge, said last night in an informal discussion in Thayer Hall...