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...Average retail price per gal. of gas in the U.S. in September, a record high...
...support as a partner and mentor as we tackle the challenges ahead,” Kim wrote in an e-mail. Bradley said it was his faith in Kim and his interest in “an enterprise that takes us deeper into the very hard world of retail magazines” that inspired the investment in 02138. But Harvard alumni are a very small market, about 300,000, and one already served by the free, bimonthly publication Harvard Magazine, which is distributed to graduates, faculty, and all Harvard staff. John S. Rosenberg, editor of Harvard Magazine, is not worried...
...Proxmire accepted no campaign contributions. In 1982, he spent a total of $145.10 on his race-to cover the filing fee and postage to return unsolicited donations. Yet, Proxmire won by hefty margins, because Wisconsin voters saw him as a true independent, willing to tirelessly practice retail politics. He'd return to the state from Washington every weekend to shake hands, keeping a mechanical clicker in his pocket to count the number he pumped-usually calling it a day when the total reached about 2,000. Wisconsin voters used to chuckle that they couldn't attend a Green Bay Packers...
...summer in Sydney. That means the tasty aroma of barbeque, teeming beaches, long school vacations and the retail frenzy of Christmas. December lolls into January as people slow down, hang out and chill. This year, however, the sweltering city is on edge, bewildered and a little sad. This year, it's not bushfires threatening the harmony of the city?s 4 million residents, but instead ugly scenes of street violence in what many mistakenly label a contagion of racial hatred...
...shoes. The volatile chemicals are poisonous to laborers and bad for the environment. So he asked Timberland researchers to find a less toxic alternative to those adhesives. As it turned out, Nike, far along on its own journey to environmental responsibility (one that has made it the largest retail consumer of organic cotton), was way ahead in developing viable water-based cements and was willing to share its technology, as were some other firms...