Word: supermarket
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mitch McConnell is on his way to burying campaign-finance reform with his silver tongue, I realized while approaching the supermarket dairy counter one day, buying yogurt was only bolstering his argument. So I'm off yogurt. Maybe if everyone quits buying yogurt, we'll have campaign-finance reform...
...Corp. announced plans to purchase competitor Revco in a $2.8 billion deal that will make CVS the nation's biggest drug store chain. The move is another in a growing series of consolidations as traditional, large-scale drugstore companies try to combat fierce price and product competition from supermarket and mail-order pharmacies. Revco, which has more stores but smaller revenues than CVS, had planned a similar deal last spring with competitor Rite Aid, but the Federal Trade Commission blocked the acquisition over antitrust concerns. The FTC has not yet approved the CVS-Revco deal, but antitrust worries have already...
...computer searches through all the stories they'd written, looking for sneers at trailer parks or disrespectful references to Dolly Parton. It seemed to be only a matter of time before some self-appointed guardian of professional standards stopped around to inquire whether I had ever, say, dissed a supermarket tabloid for reasons of class...
...PETERSBURG, Florida: Southern supermarket chain Publix will pay $81.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by 150,000 women accusing the company of discrimination by promoting men and leaving women in low-paying jobs. The company will also open its doors for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to monitor its hiring and promotion policies over the next seven years. The settlement closes a case initially brought by eight women who complained that they were repeatedly passed over for raises and higher-level management positions. The EEOC joined their legal battle and expanded it to a class-action...
Harvard Detective Paul Westlund alerted the Cambridge Police of the stolen car shortly after noticing the "suspicious" vehicle parked in front of the Broadway supermarket...