Word: sells
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Slate then asked the owner of a dry cleaning shop on Mass. Ave. to sell some of his ring binders and pencils. The dry cleaner agreed, business flourished and now Bob Slate is a Square institution. Bob Slate, for his part, cleaned shirts until...
...industry is left asking--just as it did last year when Daimler-Benz and Chrysler forged the world's largest industrial marriage--which companies will be next? There is talk that DaimlerChrysler has eyes for debt-ridden Nissan. But Japanese automakers have been reluctant to sell more than a minority stake to foreign partners. Toyota remains a respected global player but has suffered along with the economies of all the Asian countries. Similarly, General Motors remains the world's largest automaker, with lucrative foreign alliances, but was set back by last year's strike...
...little fantasies that are part Harlequin Romance, part Cole Porter lyric, now and then a touch of the bodice-ripper; or when flying high, of Evelyn Waugh--a soigne escapism that is a parody of sophistication, so bad that it is great fun. All that literary ingenuity gone to sell clothes in the mail...and to end up bankrupt, besides. Sunt lacrimae rerum, as an unforgettable 'Cliffie whispered to me that night in the Club Mt. Auburn, just before Joanie Baez came...
...does a billion dollars a year in oversize shirts, loose jeans and so on. "There are no boundaries," says Hilfiger. "Hip-hop has created a style that is embraced by an array of people from all backgrounds and races." However, fans are wary of profiteers looking to sell them back their own culture. Says Michael Sewell, 23, a white congressional staff member and rap fan: "I've heard rap used in advertising, and I think it's kind of hokey--kind of a goofy version of the way old white men perceive...
...honor to be asked by N Sync to perform with them--especially because they are going to be able to sell out their shows on their own," Ali said...