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...Jones dinners, using no silverware, have been a tradition since the co-op's beginning. They are usually followed by food fights. Henry M. Sandow '75-'77 described a particularly huge one, nicknamed the Battle of the Alamo. "We cleaned out the contents of three refrigerators, threw about thirty dozen eggs, dumped a five-gallon can of oil on the floor and overturned the tables. It ended when somebody got the firehose and started spraying everybody--they were all falling down because of the oil. Then we cleaned...
Describing co-op life, Sandow said, "We'd party all night, then everybody would get laid. It was great. You can quote me on that." Certain people occasionally came to dinner wearing nothing but a tie and shoes, and at least once an entire nude table, for both sexes, was organized, said Robert R. Terrell '79. There were volleyball games every night after dinner, and Wednesday night poker games. "We played poker like it was a religion," said Sandow...
...Chicago, Burnett was monitored by the FBI on a 24-hour basis. He continued trying, unsuccessfully, to win a contract for S.R.S. to collect payment on $300 million worth of Chicago parking tickets, a process that involved alleged payoffs to four aldermen and a city administrator. S.R.S. Owner Bernard Sandow boasted to Burnett that the company had also bribed important New York City officials. The FBI was listening in: Sandow's bragging may have resulted in last week's indictment against Geoffrey Lindenauer, a former New York parking-violations-bureau official accused of extorting some $313,000 from S.R.S. alone...
...better product, with a better cost-performance ratio and new capabilities. Whoever controls the channels of distribution controls the market." The sheer volume of machines is clogging the market. Because of limits on shelf space and trained personnel, most computer stores can handle only three or four brands. Admits Sandow Ruby, the president of Tech Hi Fi, a chain with 65 outlets: "No one likes to look like a fool in front of his customers...
...Sandow said yesterday he feels his support is "now stronger than before," and is optimistic about the final outcome of the referendum...