Word: malle
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Square and its environs have seen some other major changes during the past year. The Charles Square Hotel and mall complex, which opened last March, have added an ultra-ritzy dimension to Square consumerism. But business for Laura Ashley, Crabtree and Evelyn and the other higher-priced retail establishments hasn't been as good as expected...
...usually dominated by the spires of one church or perhaps of two churches living in uneasy peace after centuries of bloody contest. He is therefore overwhelmed by the dizzying variety of religion in America, by the churches, sects, subsects and cults that proliferate in a sort of spiritual shopping mall. But he learns to appreciate the fact that a country that can create God in so many images, no matter how eccentric, has never used fire and sword to impose a faith on its citizens...
...Harvard Book Store (1256 Mass. Ave.) stays open until 10 p.m. every night except Sunday. It carries new titles you won't find in shopping mall book stores and used books at half price downstairs. For more mainstream new books there's the Paperback Booksmith (25 Brattle St.) It welcomes browsers until midnight every day of the week. Reading International (47 Brattle St.) is also for late-night shoppers and offers a huge selection of magazines and a mixture of popular and scholarly titles. Wordsworth (30 Brattle St.) rounds off the Square's general reading book shops...
...stores in the new Charles Square mall are hoping that the crowds will gravitate towards the fancy shopping area. Pedestrian traffic in the area has been show so far and store managers are hoping that good weather, a lot of visitors, and a full Charles Hotel will boost their business...
Tenacious trekkers do not even glance at window displays. "Looking distracts you," contends Hazel Yarbrough, 74, who clips along for five to seven miles a day at a zippy 140 steps a minute in the Georgia Square Mall in Athens. Regular strollers look out for mischief, pick up refuse and add a general air of bonhomie to the malls as they exchange pleasantries in passing. Indeed, the loose camaraderie has proved a welcome dividend for many of the walkers. Maude Harris, 74, used to laugh at the Georgia Square strollers. "It looked pretty silly to me," she recalls. But needing...