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BUSINESS NOTES RETAILING COUPONS FOR THE COMPUTER AGE BUNDLED TOGETHER AND STUFFED INTO WALLETS OR PURSES. NOW DISCOUNT COUPONS, WHICH ARE USED BY SOME 80% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD OF GROCERY BILLS, ARE ENTERING THE HIGH-TECH ERA. MANY SHOPPERS IN THE NEW YORK, SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES AREAS CAN GET COUPONS QUICKLY AND NEATLY FROM NEW COMPUTERIZED...
...recent staff additions. "Who is this Hunter S. Thompson?" asks Grandfather Hearst in a tone half haughty, half perplexed. Will Hearst, who helped hire the duke of "gonzo" journalism as a columnist, replies, "He's irreverent, a little risky, but, uh, fun to read, you know . . . Come on, Grandpa, lighten up." Grandpa somberly responds, "Are you sure you know what you're doing, Will?" Grandson gazes sweetly at the portrait and says, "I don't know...
...Francisco, practicing law, he took sum of his assets: a background in communications and language; solid perception that a stuffed-shirt world could stand to lighten up; natural wit; a smile that could sell used snuff. Then he took to the streets...
While all these tasks already come under formal purview of other officials in University Hall, Rotner will apparently be working directly to lighten the workload of Spence, who is responsible for all financial, academic, and administrative decisions in the Faculty...
Come on, Fritz, lighten...