Word: marts
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Cross-border strains are rare here. The Mexicali Cineplex offers a choice among Nell, Speechless, Junior and Disclosure. At the border checkpoint, housewives flood through turnstiles heading for Calexico's Wal-Mart. Calexico's mayor is Mexican American, as are most residents. Even on the university campus in Mexicali, says student-body president Pedro Ariel Mendivil, anti-American slogans are virtually unheard of. ``That's old-fashioned politics,'' he says, adding that he hopes to earn a master's degree in the U.S. to gain foreign experience. He will not emigrate, however: ``I love Mexico passionately. We have...
...they're probably a red dot special atK-mart or in the sale bin at CVS, anotherpost-season candy that didn't come close toselling out. Each year, confectioners produce 10billion Valentine's Day conversation hearts:enough to cross the continent five times with suchsweet nothings as LUV YA, BE TRUE, KISS ME and MYMAN. The taste is nauseatingly sweet in a stalesort of way, and the parallels with colored chalkabound. Nonetheless, the candy heart is one ofthose holiday staples that persists. After all,the idea is kind of cute, and they fit socomfortably inside the envelope of a Donald...
JOSEPH ANTONINI Longtime chairman of troubled K Mart demoted in palace coup
...denied having any knowledge of such events. Most describe Henrickson as a bully and a "disruptive force" while he worked in the flight division. "Personally, I wouldn't put it past Joe to lie if it benefited him," says Tony Lundquist, a former Tyson pilot who now runs Wal-Mart's aviation division. A onetime protege of Henrickson's, Tyson pilot Randy Parette, refers to his former mentor as "a 600-lb. gorilla who pretty much did what he wanted in the face of rules and common sense...
...news, so far, is mixed. In the U.S. most video-game makers are having a miserable year. Specialty stores such as Babbages, Software ETC. and the Electronics Boutique report that sales of video-game software and hardware are down 15% to 30% from last year. At K-Mart and Toys "R" Us, games like Gauntlet and SolarStriker that used to sell for $30 or $40 are marked down to $9.99. The good news for Hawkins, however, is that America is no longer the center of the video-game business. The real action this year is in Japan, where parents...