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...have the nation's most accurate bestseller list. With advice from the American Booksellers Association, Dessauer devised a sample of some 1,200 stores in cities across the U.S., balanced according to location, type of store and local sales volume. The group includes dozens of independent shops and mini-chains, the two largest U.S. booksellers (B. Dalton and Walden) and one middle-sized national chain (Brentano's). Each participating retailer has RICHARD WOOD agreed to furnish a portion of its weekly sales figures to our data-processing department, which maintains strict confidentiality about the numbers. Dessauer then worked...
...Reagan's strengths as Governor was his ability to assemble a staff of experienced advisers and department heads and to delegate considerable authority to them. He embraced an aide's scheme of "mini-memos," four-paragraph briefs setting out l) the nature of a problem, 2) the basic facts involved, 3) terse arguments for and against various options, and 4) the staff recommendation on what to do. At the bottom were boxes for Reagan to check yes or no. While critics claimed that this showed Reagan's inability or unwillingness to grapple with complex issues, the procedure...
...think I've had trouble maintaining my concentration in some of my matches," Bougas said, adding that she now feels her mini-slump is over...
...star of the AT&T message is Bryan Trottier, center for the New York Islanders. His two front teeth were extracted in maturity by a hockey stick. Trottier is to appear in the final frames surrounded by jubilant teammates all of whom are extras, bit players in this mini-form who possess an almost subliminal celebrity. "I been living in sports equipment all week," notes one. Later, after jumping into a shower to simulate perspiration, he complains that "on the Coke job, they gave us little spray things-very first-class...
...sense of humor. Logically, this is the weak point of the play. A man as perceptive as Herb would have spotted a congenital non-laugher during the months of his premarital affair with her. Simon teases out the finale of "I Ought to Be in Pictures" with a mini-surprise...