Word: supermarket
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thinking of all the dead boys. The women want the war stopped at any cost. The men also want an end to the shooting, but we must have a solution with dignity." Said a housewife as she trailed her small daughter by the hand through the local supermarket: "The whole thing is out of control. It's like determined children stamping their feet. Surely there are some grownups around on both sides who can talk in serious fashion, without guns...
Exxon had envisioned Battlement Mesa, which housed 1,800, as a bustling city for 25,000. Some 65 homes and apartments have been completed, and more than 250 are under construction. Two schools, a recreation complex, a golf course, a supermarket and a shopping center are also unfinished. Though Exxon has not yet decided what to do about Battlement Mesa, the townspeople fear that most of the buildings will never be completed. Said Ray Guerrie, president of the town's First National Bank: "I just hope we can weather this crisis." Last week his tiny bank was packed with...
...good cop.. and 'cause of your cute ass." An aging homosexual tells Benson and Kerwin, "You have got to stick it through. Hang on tight, tight, tight," Benson tells his partner." "Those two faggots look alike. All faggots look alike." The two follow a suspect into a supermarket. While Benson watches diligently, Kerwin busies himself with detergents. "Are we on a case or what?!" Benson irritatedly asks. "Well," Kerwin responds plaintively, "I'm behind in the laundry...
Another familiar company now in trouble is the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., once the largest supermarket chain in the U.S. It is shutting the doors on outlets at the rate of ten a month, and Chairman James Wood, 52, has promised another 400 closings, which will bring the size of the chain down to 1,200. A&P once had 3,600 stores in the U.S. The company has suffered nine successive quarters of losses...
...entered the supermarket I saw a line of about 50 people leading into a room, from which shoppers were emerging one at a time with string bags full of mandarin oranges. As soon as I had taken my place, the line stopped moving. A whole minute passed, then five. From where we were standing we could not see the door, so the man in front of me said he would go look if I held his place. "Both doors are closed," he said when he returned, "and nobody knows why." In a voice meant to carry toward the front...