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...industry of the nation builders--reflected a mighty faith in the power of sacrifice as a muscle that made young nations strong. Banks were like gyms for the soul: the first savings banks in Boston and New York were organized as charities, where "humble journeymen" could exercise good judgment, store their money and not be tempted to waste it on drink. Architect Louis Sullivan carved the word THRIFT over the door of his "jewel box" bank nearly a century ago, for it was private virtue that made public prosperity possible...
There's no way to tell during this current distress whether we're repenting or just retrenching. THRIFT-store sales are up. Cars are shrinking. P. Diddy retired his private jet to save on gas. In hard times, people often rediscover the peace that prudence brings, when you try to spend a little less than you have because tomorrow might be worse. But that feels almost un-American; we're optimists by nature, and we've been living large for so long that solvency feels like a sacrifice. It will take some sustained character education--and leadership--to understand that...
...Harvard alumnus and his wife officially became the new owners of Harvard Book Store yesterday, purchasing the Harvard Square icon from Frank Kramer, who took over the independent book shop from his father 46 years...
...book store, nationally known for its academic selection, had been in the family since it was founded by Frank Kramer’s father on what is now John F. Kennedy Street in 1932. When he announced that he was planning to sell the store earlier this year, Kramer said that it was important that he sell the store to people who would maintain its unique character—something he said that he found in the new owners, Jeffrey Mayersohn ’73 and Linda Seamonson of Wellesley, Mass...
Mayersohn said in a phone interview yesterday that he has been a customer at the book store since 1969, when he began his freshman year at the College...