Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What begins to seem clear on a second look then is how little is changed, since the Inauguration at least. In a remarkable exercise of control under pressure, the town council has severely limited commercial building. In addition to the two shops mentioned and the church, I could count only one other shop (more souvenirs) and a small grocery store; no neon in sight. The nearest motels are still ten miles away in Americus; and while there are one or two opportunities for respectable snacks in Plains itself (try the Main Street Cafe), the nearest full menu is also toward...
...campus of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (1973-1976), I publicly opposed as inappropriate the presence there of the Playboy Playmate of the Year and the selling of $5000 worth of Playboy products at the Post Exchange at Christmas. Women on campus were forbidden to shop that evening. Two of the Playmate's bodyguards approached me and threatened me with physical and sexual violence. It was a terrifying experience...
...German company can certainly teach A&P much. Though highly secretive about profits, the group owns more than 2,000 stores in Germany and Austria with annual sales of $2.7 billion, and it places stress on gourmet food lines as well as in-shop butchers and bakers. Says one admiring competitor: "Haub took a store in Berlin, reduced the number of articles for sale from 6,000 to 1,200 and found that sales actually went up." A&P, which must slim still further before it can hope to recover, will not miss the lesson that less can mean more...
...most homeowners, but not for Walt Schneider of Cannondale, Conn. Schneider's business is selling wood-burning stoves and fireplace accessories. Every time OPEC tacks yet another increase onto the price of a barrel of imported oil, fresh waves of Schneider's neighbors come streaming into his shop in search of a solution to their overheated bills...
Their reports made editors back home even more eager for a permanent place at the banquet table. More than 25 American outfits have applied to set up shop in Peking, and about 15 are likely to be approved, about doubling the number of non-Communist news groups there. The Associated Press and United Press International will be the first to move in, probably by March 1; the major newspapers, the newsmagazines and the three networks will follow...