Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Where else can a student go with five dollars and buy a piece of clothing?" asked Sandy Parmelee, owner of the "Reddog" shop at 1737 Mass. Ave. "We sell costumes to punk bands and overcoats to Harvard faculty members...
Like other store owners, Susan Cohen attributed the success of her three-year-old "Vintage Etc," shop at 2014 Mass. Ave. in part to her location and in part to the rising demand for new clothes. "Fashion magazines have given the stamp of approval to the vintage look," she said...
Sensible people usually shop by catalogue for definite, affordable needs. There are, however, restless dreamers who cannot confine themselves to such a mundane activity and plunge wrist-deep into the pages of the glossier catalogues, fantasizing over offerings that are dizzyingly expensive. This pleasant addiction, though, is harmless and may even be cheaper than going to see a movie in the shopping mall cinema. No lines, no waiting: instant extravaganzas of luxury...
Hetrick, a quiet man who had been married three times and was separated from his third wife, had moved his business to Mojave Airport from Camarillo, Calif, in May 1981. He overhauled the old building, spending some $225,000 on carpeting, a sophisticated machine shop and an advanced computer. "Everything he bought was first class," recalls Airport General Manager Dan Sabovich. "I used to take friends there just to show it off." But few aircraft or customers seemed to be using the hangar. Said Sabovich: "I thought he must have an angel?a financial backer...
...major contribution companies can make is providing role models for minority students. Chicago's Blitz Corp., a metal-working shop whose main business is recycling buses, sends employees, most of them blacks, to nearby Marshall High School to give shop-class students real nuts-and-bolts .experience in riveting, drilling and welding. The program has sparked interest in a school where the 200-student freshman class typically dwindles to 25 graduating seniors. Last June, Blitz hired four Marshall alumni, the first it had ever taken on. Says Plant Manager George Little: "These kids realize it is possible to succeed...