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Some have wondered why the Coop can't run itself. The reason is economies of scale. In a market divided between superstores and mom-and-pop shops, a mid-sized department store like the Coop can't make enough departments profitable to survive. Working with a larger firm therefore makes sense...
...input and Wallis' credentials (a former TIME writer and senior editor, she was nominated this year for a National Magazine Award), TFK is no mom-and-son operation. Its staff of nine includes alumnae of Weekly Reader, Kid City Magazine, TIME and the TIME Education Program, as well as prodigies from Middlebury College and the Rhode Island School of Design. It will also tap TIME's network of writers and correspondents for stories of interest to the skateboard...
...began in the late '60s in the basement of the Ripken household, by then in Aberdeen, Maryland. Says Vi Ripken, the matriarch of the Ripken clan (daughter Ellen, sons Cal Jr., Fred and Billy): "I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard 'Just one more game, Mom.' The kids would be playing Ping-Pong in the basement, and it was always a struggle to get them to come upstairs for dinner, and even more of a struggle to get them to go to bed. Nobody liked to end the night on a loss, especially Junior. 'Just...
...going to be a major leaguer.) An injury ended Senior's playing career soon afterward, so he embarked on a minor league managerial odyssey that took him to Leesburg, Florida; Appleton, Wisconsin; Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, Washington; Aberdeen, South Dakota; Elmira, New York; and Dallas. While Dad was away, Mom was home in Maryland raising the four kids, who were born just six years apart...
...look like your mother, I'm sorry I missed you. Cal Ripken." As Kelly recalls, "My reaction was, 'Who's Cal Ripken?' But a couple of months later, I was in a restaurant where he was signing, and when I thanked him for being so nice to my mom, he said, 'You must be Kelly. You're 6 ft. tall, blond, you have green eyes, you went to the University of Maryland, and you work for the airlines.' The next day he called." Kelly and Cal were married four years later. They now have two children: Rachel, who was born...