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...Harvard Coop" has possibilities, but they are not explored. The words don't make much sense, but rock 'n roll that is often a virtue. Throughout the song we hear of the wonders of sets of "monopoly, opolyopoly" and "refund checks a-heck heck." An echo chamber, a good drummer, a bridge tune, and slightly less repetition would have helped immensely. Still, it is possible that the does capture the atmosphere of favorite cooperative store, and that is important. For if rock 'n roll has value, it is in its ability to the flavor of contemporary life...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Close Harmony, Few Notes | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

...Opal, Actress Heckart is almost as good as a box-office refund. Whether she is brewing her own brand of dehydrated tea from 17 teabags strung side by side on a clothesline, or vaulting through space to pounce on someone's stiff neck with a chiropractical jerk, or cheerily offering to chase the bats out of the guest bedroom, Eileen Heckart is wildly and wistfully amusing. Garbed in the remnants of remnants, she is an endearing clown-waif in the classic Chaplin tradition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Everybody Loves Eileen | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

Young J. L. inherits a well-oiled machine. Hudson's refund policy costs the company about $25 million a year, but pays off in customer loyalty. So high is Hudson's reputation that Detroiters frequently package wedding gifts bought elsewhere in Hudson's boxes. (Rather than disillusion a bride, Hudson's will exchange even these.) Despite its emphasis on service and quality, Hudson's has met the competition of the discount houses by refusing to be undersold, will refund the difference in price on any item that a customer has bought at Hudson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: No Embarrassed Customers | 6/2/1961 | See Source »

Somewhere deep in the income tax bureaucracy sat an official eager to answer verse with verse. Though Herbert had paid, and overpaid, the tax man still no refund made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Taxing Couplets | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

Your story about tax exemption and the Christian Brothers, one of the world's largest producers of commercial brandy, omitted several points. The organization has paid up some back corporate profits taxes, but it is now suing for a complete refund of approximately $490,000 on the ground that "Plaintiff is exempt as a church" and that "all property [is] subject to the control of the Pope." The Department of Justice has filed a counterclaim for an additional sum in back taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 10, 1961 | 2/10/1961 | See Source »

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