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Mariachis, octopus salad and President Neil L. Rudenstine were all part of yesterday's opening ceremony for Harvard Square's newest retail venture, The Shops by Harvard Yard...
...screaming that prices on basics are too high, and they are right. The problem is that with government funds and workers concentrated in state-controlled industries, production of high- quality civilian goods has not caught up with demand. Nor is it likely to until the factories, farms and retail outlets are privatized -- a process that will take years. Only about 20% of workers are employed in the private sector, and there is evidence most people are not even convinced that privatization is a good idea. In a study by the Russian Center for Public Opinion Research last summer...
...worst video games ever made. The resulting disaster, known in the industry as "the crash of 1984," brought Atari into bankruptcy court and nearly dragged down its corporate parent, Warner Communications, as well. Some of those unsold E.T. cartridges can still be found on the dusty back shelves of retail stores...
...diversification of Harvard Square, the store's high fixed costs and the still-sluggish retail market could conspire to deal another severe blow to the Coop's finances and the student rebate...
...diversification of Harvard Square, the store's high fixed costs and the still-sluggish retail market could conspire to deal another severe blow to the Coop's finances and the student rebate...