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...patterns that have stiffened in place less by prejudice than by habit. A mere handful of shoppers serially stating their concern to a local storekeeper because he hires no Negro help are likely to revolutionize his personnel policy: from this modest sample, in a pattern familiar to psychologists, the proprietor senses the sentiment of the community-or thinks he does. New behavior patterns can change old attitudes. "People will assume that it's right to have all-white clerks if you have all-white clerks," says Pettigrew. "And they will also assume that it's right to have...
...final point is that I think it ridiculous to suggest that Mark Carroll's position as director of the Press has been "weakened" by the intervention of the President and Fellows. The Board of Syndics of the Press and I were overruled by our proprietor, the Harvard Corporation, only once in 21 years. If Mr. Carroll is as fortunate, he and I will have been singularly lucky as chief executives of publishing houses owned by others.... Thomas Wilson
George Tower, proprietor of Mariposa on Western Ave., was arrested in his shop, and John Rodgers, a Boston resident, was arrested while selling in Harvard Square...
...proprietor, a proud man dressed in black, with high boots, says resolutely: "We are all liberals here. That's why we fought the Germans. When they burned out villages and killed our families, we dressed in black for mourning--but we kept fighting...
...those slow afternoons in a Beverly Hills auto showroom, and Burt Sugarman, 28, the smoothly pompadoured proprietor, noodled at his desk. In the window reclined a long, low, old-fashioned jobbie with running boards, bicycle fenders and blindingly chromed supercharger exhausts curling out of the hood. Suddenly, an ill-clad geek with long hair popped into the shop. Sonny Buono, of Sonny and Cher, pointed at the glittery relic and asked: "What's that?" "Excalibur," replied Sugarman. "I'll take it," chirped Sonny...