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...Sears could not sell anything. He even set up a banking department with savings and checking services in 1899 that paid 5% interest on deposits, then folded the operation in 1903. But that was later. In 1886, then a restless 23-year-old railroad-station agent in North Redwood, Minn., Sears bought a consignment of gold-filled pocket watches that had been rejected by a local jeweler, resold them to other station agents at a $2 profit apiece and founded the R.W. Sears Watch Co. A year later he added a watch repairman, Alvah C. Roebuck, to his staff...
...floor, Mondale will have a panoramic view of San Francisco Bay to the east. The master bedroom is equipped with remote controls for opening and closing the draperies and for raising and lowering a television housed in a lacquered cabinet. The choice of ablutions includes a Jacuzzi-equipped bathtub, redwood sauna and multijet shower, all within reach of one of the bathroom's two telephones. The Democratic front runner apparently has only one misgiving about his hotel: according to Herb Caen, he has already sent his daughter Eleanor on a scouting expedition to find a decent cheeseburger...
...Fidel Castro, a pillow embroidered with the slogan LEAVE ME ALONE, I'M HAVING A CRISIS-are all chosen, MacLaine says, for their sentimental associations, not beauty. Says MacLaine: "I did all the decorating myself, here and in Malibu. The style there is 'early accumulation'- heavy redwood furniture that will still be around after the earthquake comes. I like to make my surroundings comfortable for a man, and for me-I am a big woman (5 ft. 7 in., 134 lbs.), with broad, sprawling movements. Neatness has never been paramount, and to sit in a room...
Camp settings range from the spartan to the sublime. In Scotts Valley, Calif, Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, will provide a rustic redwood scene where campers bring their own sleeping bags and mix VisiCalc with volleyball. The Computer Resort in Chico, Calif, sponsored by Texas Instruments, features jumbo-size steaks barbecued around a swimming pool. Princess Cruises in Los Angeles will coordinate 15 hours of classes with a ten-day sail that includes calls at Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco. Cost: $1,995. Prefer your silicon seminars on terra firma? For $879, Club Med provides Atari computers along with...
There are dazzling, dizzying chases by flying speeder bikes through dense groves of giant redwood trees and eventually another full-blown space battle, as the ships of the Rebel Alliance try to destroy the Death Star. Is Luke seduced by the dark side of the Force? Does he kill his father? Do the rebels win? Don't ask, but one clue may be allowed. Says Harrison Ford, with some dismay: "George has a predisposition for happy endings...