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...stick around? "This is God's land," says 26-year-old John Korte, who lives in a little pickup he parks here and there. Harold Wondsel lives in an old bus and Bill Pinkard in a mountainside lean-to and Rusty Scott in a condemned mining shack with four buddies -- no locks, no heat, cold water, expecting an eviction notice, in case he was getting comfortable (he heard the property has been sold for half a million). "There's no concept of the pain we go through," said Scott, a counterman who made it through -40 degreesF nights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down and Out in Telluride | 9/5/1994 | See Source »

Companies have also apologized for recent gaffes that Marge Schott might have appreciated, such as Radio Shack's putting out a video game with a swastika in it, or an American Airlines ground crew's ordering a change of pillows after a gay-rights group exited the aircraft. Once in a while, companies apologize to avoid a libel suit, as nbc did after it rigged a crash test so a General Motors pickup truck would be sure to explode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Money: How to Say You're Sorry | 6/20/1994 | See Source »

...losing money. You can be sure that almost no Harvard students buy clothing from "Women's World." Most students choose to buy their computers at the Technology Product Center, and during the year need only purchase printer ribbons and floppy disks, which can be found quite cheaply at Radio Shack or other such stores...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: The Coop Loses Its Mission (and Rebate) | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

...interested in him) and save money by attending tiny Whittier College; Duke University Law School was just starting when it offered Nixon one of the 25 scholarships available to a class of 44. At first he lived in a $5-a-month room. Later he shared a one-room shack that had no plumbing or electricity; he shaved in the men's room of the library. In three years at Duke, he never once went out on a date. He finished third in the class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Nixon: I Have Never Been a Quitter | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

Axis. 13 Lansdowne St., Boston. 262-2437. Psychedelic Soul Shack on Thursday April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Around Harvard | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

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