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...Salman Rushdie booked for the week the fatwa was issued,” the owner of the Harvard Book Store, Frank Kramer, excitedly explained while pointing to a promotional poster for Rushdie’s appearance on the wall. “Borders and Waldenbooks pulled his books from their displays, but we talked to all our employees and said, ‘You don’t have to work now if you don’t want to, but we’d like to keep the books...
Kramer says his strong belief in helping local businesses compete with chains stems in part from his own trying experience as a local business owner competing against a non-local store...
...Gesturing to a framed New York Times review of his former Harvard Book Store Café, Kramer speaks enthusiastically about its Newbury Street location and menu prepared by a “world-class chef...
...store faced stiff competition with the arrival of a chain bookstore called Waterstone’s, which had a significantly larger inventory than the Harvard Book Store Café, he says...
...another phthalate at five times the limit. Meanwhile, a rattle, two waterproof books and a doll contained BPA, which is prohibited by the city at any level. Although the products comply with U.S. law, some toymakers, including Goldberger Doll, are cutting out phthalates. Richard Woo, owner of a local store called Citikids, estimates that he might have to pull a third of his items off the shelves. Next month manufacturers will go to court to block the new law. Whatever the ruling, parents will be left wondering how safe their children's toys really...