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...shaped lake from being turned into a landfill. Both Cheever and his protagonist believe there is a close affinity between the beauties of clean fresh water and the splendors of love. And so, not surprisingly, the sporadic affair Scars has with the curvaceous blond he accosts in a bank queue provides the occasion for plenty of libidinous raptures and a good deal of bewilderment. The novella shuttles, thee, back and forth between a blasted landscape that aches for renewal-the highways stretch out against the country like corroded veins and the lakes are acid pools-and an aging...
Second, even if (for example) IBM decided, out of the morality in its corporate heart, to cease business with South Africa. DEC. Prime. Sel. and other computer companies would queue up to take its place...
...ease the strain, apartment complexes formed associations whose members took turns standing in lines for the group. Some stores honored what was called the "night list": shoppers reserving a place in the next morning's queue by signing a piece of paper attached to the door. Still, to be on the safe side, many Poles showed up at 5 a.m. Families with zlotys to spare began hiring pensioners who had time on their own to stand in the hated queues that curled through the gray streets of Poland. Some parents even "rented" their young or disabled children to shoppers...
...gifts, expenditures on baubles and bangles this season appear to be particularly lavish. In Rome, such elegant shops as Gucci and Fendi are so crowded with Christmas shoppers that latecomers have been forced to queue up outside. Carla Fendi, one of five sisters who run the family's fashions, furs and luggage firm, predicts that sales will be up 20% over last December led by bestsellers "with the style and flair," like gold lace blouses $600 apiece. Gucci has leather jeans at $500 a pair, while Doney's café on the Via Veneto is finding buyers...
...speaking little and frequently checking the time. If they wait too long in the meat line, they may find no fresh bread, milk or cheese. Some shoppers solve this problem by having someone hold a place for them in one line while they scurry over to another shop and queue up for something else. That tactic has its risks. If the first line moves too fast, the shopper might find that he has lost his place when he gets back...