Word: shopped
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...addition, there have been 70 casualties, including four deaths, among people who, though not Turkish, were in the terrorists' line of fire. Four of the killings have taken place in the U.S. The most recent: the murder in Somerville, Mass., last May of Orhan Gunduz, a Turkish gift-shop owner, who was also honorary Turkish consul general for New England...
...horror stories are legion. A spiffy new car has to be brought back to the repair shop time after time to have the same problem fixed. In the past, consumers stuck with such lemons could do little but wage an expensive legal fight with the manufacturer. In Connecticut, however, all that will change on Oct. 1, when the state's new "lemon law" takes effect...
...statute, the first of its kind in the U.S., defines a lemon as any new car that, during the first year of ownership or within the warranty period, whichever ends first, has been sent to the shop at least four times to have the same malfunction repaired or has been put out of service for 30 days. The new law is expected to encourage out-of-court settlements or, failing that, to make it easier to get favorable rulings against defective products by shifting to the automaker the burden of proving that it was not at fault. Manufacturers can avoid...
Boutique browsers have snapped up more than 100 pairs since the jeans went on display in May. At one shop a businessman bought two pairs each for himself and his wife. Such conspicuous consumption, though, has caused a stir. A Singapore newspaper called the blue-jeans binge "nothing less than barbaric," and the government broadcasting company banned further TV ads, telling Yane that the jeans are "exploitation of the rich...
...LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS...