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...people understand this better than Jack Straus, boss of the world's largest store and the man who appears on the cover. He was chosen as a representative of the best among U.S. retailers-and for helping bring out the best in the U.S. consumer, thereby making 1964 the most prosperous year ever and offering both the hope and expectation that 1965 will be even better...
Through the hordes of January sales shoppers in Macy's Manhattan store last week moved one of the toughest customers ever to confront a salesperson. As the board chairman of R. H. Macy & Co., Jack Isidor Straus is not only the biggest man in the world's biggest store but the chief executive of a 49-store chain that serves 110 million people a year. Yet Jack Straus, at 64, enjoys none of his duties so much as that of playing the indignant consumer. A man with the saucer eyes and eager fingers of a shopper ready...
...acquire a chunk of the Yard--a chunk that would probably include Straus and Lehman Halls and possibly the office of President Pusey in Massachusetts Hall--Vellucci suggests use of urban renewal laws...
...regard to the high degree of competition, there is little doubt that House sports are highly competitive, especially among Houses in the running for the Straus Trophy. Victory often becomes as important an objective as participation. In any contests, only the first team players are used for the majority of the game; substitutes see limited action. Mr. Horvitz believes that this policy distorts the stated purpose of intramural athletics, "athletics for all." We, however, feel that the sacrifice of some participation for competition is beneficial rather than detrimental. Anyone who has participated in sports at any level knows that competition...
Kirkland's season has so far been a disappointment to the holders of last year's Straus Trophy for intramural supremacy. The offense has been steady and productive, with backs Joe Gavin, Howard Schechter, and Fred Golinko carrying the brunt of the ground attack for a team which prefers not to pass. A porous pass defense, as revealed in Dunster's aerial comeback last Monday night, has been the Achilles Heel for a team with a good line defense...