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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dixie Cleaners, which operates three dry-cleaning shops in Pensacola, Fla., was losing $100,000 a year because clerks were failing to add "up charges" (surcharges for hard-to-clean clothes such as linen or silk garments) on sales tickets. Now a computer enters the extras automatically. Dixie also mails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quarterly Business Report: Do Computers Really Save Money? | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

But Harvard lobbyist Jane Corlette saysGrogan's last 12 years as head of LocalInitiatives Support Corporation (LISC), whichrequired lobbying the federal government andcourting the media--have left him prepared foranything in his job description.

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grogan Named Public Affairs V.P., Replaces Rowe | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

We are not prepared to forgive and forget Clinton's misdeeds, but neither are we looking forward to another limitless crusade without concern for law and decency. A Congressional investigation within the bounds of the Constitution may help restore a sense of order to this process--a sense broached by...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Case Continues | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

"Don't be afraid to ask for sales up front," Favalora said. Still, entrepreneurs should be prepared to lose equity, he added.

Author: By Gila D. Jones, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Young HBS Entrepreneur Offers Business Advice to Aspiring Students | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

"We are prepared to accept autonomy, to workgradually for independence, but do not ask us tosurrender the right of the East Timorese people toself-determination," he said.

Author: By Ali Ahsan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Laureate Pleads for U.S. Support | 10/7/1998 | See Source »

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