Word: overstocked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...caveat about books in intellectual Cambridge: by the time most students graduate from Harvard, they have accumulated towering piles of paperbacks, many of which they have never even opened. A cheap copy of Thoreau on overstock or the latest book on pop psychology is always a tempting purchase...
Even the rich and famous are not above looking for a bargain. Elysa Lazar publishes the S&B Report, a monthly compendium of up to 250 designer showroom sales where, on certain days, customers can buy overstock fashions from Donna Karan, Perry Ellis, Oscar de la Renta and other top designers for 50% off. Well-heeled subscribers include Dr. Joyce Brothers, Regis Philbin and Sally Jessy Raphael. After Joan Lunden mentioned Lazar's new mail-order catalog on Good Morning America two months ago, 80,000 viewers wrote to request the guide to discount suppliers of everything from wallpaper...
...store is laid out in a way that makes browsing irresistible, its knowledgable staff luring you inside to the attractive displays featuring the newest books. Venture further into the store and you will find one of the square's best selections of publisher's overstock books at huge discounts. And if you're looking for some cheap thrills, check out the humor section's display of flip books, which feature unlikely scenes of women giving birth and frogs in heat...
...every student. Actually, these placemats were the tacky, Chinese restaurant variety, the type of which feature a dozen or so animals and tell you that you were born in the "Year of the Pig." Why were these placemats used? Did Ching-Hua Garden and the Hong Kong have an overstock? Other than providing a quick laugh for resturant goers, there is no connection between these mass-produced, simplistic placemats and the Chinese people...