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Waldenbooks, Lucky supermarkets and Walgreen drugstores banned the issue. The Southland Corp. kept it out of 4,200 7-Eleven stores because, a spokeswoman said, it was "beyond the bounds of good taste." Yet most 7- Eleven stores sell condoms all the time, displaying them right on the aisles...
...past two months, rumors have been flying that Southland Corp. was ripe for takeover. A roster of raiders were said to be eyeing the company that operates the ubiquitous 7-Eleven chain of 7,700 convenience stores and owns 50% of Citgo Petroleum. Last week the family that holds a 10% interest in Southland made a deft maneuver. John, Jere and Jodie Thompson, whose father Joe founded the firm in 1927, offered to buy the rest of the company for $3.8 billion, or $77 a share, and take it private. Just seven weeks ago, Southland stock traded...
...Conservative Party program calls for partitioning South Africa into 13 separate, independent states. One of them, named Southland and including most of present-day South Africa, would be reserved for whites, while the others would be divided among nonwhites. After Treurnicht finished, Nationalist Minister of Manpower Pietie du Plessis, a fierce debater, took the floor, armed with a batch of Treurnicht's old speeches. He read quotes to prove that before he walked out of the National Party in 1982, Treurnicht had supported the policies that he now vigorously denounced. The Conservatives, Du Plessis said, "are living in a dream...
...suntanning parlors? America's entrepreneurs have responded to that imperative with some of the world's fastest products and services, ranging from frozen food to instant bank loans. Like Domino's Pizza, many U.S. corporate empires were built for people in a hurry: McDonald's, Federal Express, Polaroid and Southland Corp., the operator of 7-Eleven stores. "America values speed," observes Felipe Castro, assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. "The more you hustle, the more money you can make...
...chains against the skin books. It was hailed by anti pornography activists, including the National Federation for Decency and the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty Federation. Both groups have supported a boycott of 7-Eleven for selling adult magazines. In a prepared statement, Falwell offered "my congratulations to the Southland Corp. for putting principle above financial gain. I sincerely hope that Christians in America will now show their appreciation by supporting 7-Eleven nationally...