Word: marts
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...your soul. First there's the pre-employment drug test, now routine at more than 80% of large companies--and not just for the person who will be piloting the executive jet or loading plutonium rods into the reactor. Winn-Dixie tests the people who stack Triscuit boxes; Wal-Mart tests its people greeters. What a preference for weed over Bud as a Saturday-night relaxation aid says about your work habits has never been established, but this in no way dulls management's eagerness to pry into your personal recreational choices. You may have a brilliant resume...
...legislation that finds its way to the Commerce Committee is expected to try to strike a very tentative balance: Expand states' sales tax collection authority, but only if at least 25 states simplify their own multiple tax rates. A coalition of retailers and mall-owners, including Wal-Mart, is lobbying for sales taxes to apply equally to all sales, and 32 state legislatures have already begun to get together to try to pave the way to a simpler national sales-tax picture. Tech companies, meanwhile, have begun to soften - as long as compliance burdens are reasonable. Says committee chairman John...
...that means that the last leg holding up this economy - consumer spending, which accounts for two thirds of U.S. economic activity - may be ready to fall. These numbers, along with the bad reports from retailers like Sears and Wal-Mart, indicate to me that consumers are nervous about the economy, and they're staying home. And that spells recession...
These are the humble makings of a revolution in progress: Macaroni and cheese. Timex watches. Volunteer work. Insulated underwear. Savings accounts. Roseanne. Domestic beer. Local activism. Sleds. Pajamas. Sentimental movies. Primary colors. Mixed-breed dogs. Bicycles. Cloth diapers. Shopping at Wal- Mart. Small-town ways. Iceberg lettuce. Family reunions. Board games. Hang- it-yourself wallpaper. Push-it-yourself lawn mowers. Silly Putty...
...videocam in the rear end and a monitor at the driver's seat. On the open highway a bus handles as easily as a big, expensive car. At the end of the day, bus people often turn into an empty mall parking lot to camp. Wide-open Wal-Mart lots are a favorite resting place...