Word: supermarketer
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...that we learn about such things months later. The institutes should have informed state authorities about such findings right away." Quicker and more complete information is the only way Künast's dream of more "class" in German agriculture stands a chance of reaching supermarket shelves...
...York journalism pool in "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" (Da Capo; July 4). Kirkus enjoys the dish. "Kiss-and-tell memoir of Young's ill-fated stint as contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine... This skewering of celebrity worship at the nation's leading 'upscale supermarket tabloid' bears a distinct resemblance to shooting fish in a barrel; nonetheless, Young's language is energetic and engaging, making one wish (along with his father, apparently) that he'd find a worthier subject. Enjoyably bitchy specifics of Cond? Nast culture, buried beneath tedious social analysis and self-deprecation...
...this week. The same movie opens. And the main thing that strikes you is how irrelevant it is to your current worries, which after weeks of agitated Washington spinning, concern the apparently lively possibility of a terrorist blowing up himself and your supermarket. Or possibly your apartment building. Or the Brooklyn Bridge just as you decide to take your morning constitutional on it. You exit this film wondering if it should have been retitled: "The Sum of all Former Fears...
...weeks ago, Pay By Touch was launched at the Thriftway supermarket in west Seattle. From now on, registered customers need only place a finger on a small scanner to cart off as many groceries as they want. Developed by Indivos, a consumer biometric company based in Oakland, Calif., Pay By Touch may be the best thing since the express-checkout lane. It allows shoppers to authorize credit-card and bank payments using a fingerprint, a copy of which they have placed on file. "People like it for the same reason they like speed passes at gas pumps--mobility and speed...
...heads it, but beneath his now hallowed name a struggle for power is likely. No. 2 on the list, Joao Varela, whose parents immigrated from Cape Verde, is considered too young at 27 to lead the party in parliament. Winny de Jong, 43, a consumer advocate for a Dutch supermarket trade association, has the support of many party leaders, but others seem ready to back Mat Herben, 49, a journalist who, as he says, "wrote Pim's speeches and listened to so many interviews that I can dream his response to anything...