Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Henry Miller, 88, earthy novelist and evangelist of unfettered sex, once hailed by Norman Mailer as "the last great American pioneer," in Pacific Palisades, Calif. After two decades as a roustabout in jobs ranging from a tailor shop to a New York speakeasy, Miller joined the expatriate migration to Paris, where he wrote his autobiographical sagas, Tropic of Cancer, (1934), and Tropic of Capricorn, (1939). Their bawdiness prevented their publication in the U.S. until the liberated 1960s, but Miller, who married five times and spent his later years ruminating on California's Big Sur, lived...
...mean to tell me that Darth Vader is still out in space? I've thought all along that he escaped to earth, where he threw away his helmet, grew a beard and set up shop in Iran...
Consumers will be looking hard for value as the economy continues to slow down. Says Chicago Car Salesman José Lescano, 29: "I buy good quality, but I shop carefully." Lescano now buys $25 shirts for $8 at a local discount center, and he and his wife Marie have cut up all their credit cards and eliminated restaurant meals...
During the interim, prolonged by the vacation of the union's attorney, the dining hall leaders and Powers exchanged leaflets. After Harvard shop stewards accused Powers of not bargaining in good faith, Powers responded by saying the union was responsible for the negotiation delay. When the two sides did return to the table, both parties deemed the dialogue "constructive," and the union significantly altered its list of demands, requesting the 10-9-8 plan. Bargaining concluded swiftly and the rank and file, despite its veto of the same proposal in March, ratified the contract in late...
...Harvard's condescending mindset toward its support services "They say workers are dispensable. They say they could do outside contracting at a cheaper rate. They say they could bust the union by bringing in part-timers. How are we supposed to feel secure with high inflation?" one Harvard shop steward says, indicating that the University's impersonal approach to workers alienates and frightens a good number...