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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even if they do realize that their skills have deteriorated, they may stick around just to pick up paychecks. In this era of multimillion-dollar salaries and endorsement deals, it is still not uncommon to find the poorly invested player who leaves the game with little more than he had when he came in. Either he's in serious financial straits or he just wants to father his nest a bit more...
...than shaking hands with strangers. Yet when he ended his crusade for the White House last week, Tsongas in his own weird way had accomplished a lot. He had moved the Democratic Party toward the economic center, where he thought it belonged. He had gained respect and departed with uncommon grace. He had even complimented the media...
...profits are being squeezed more than the Charmin as stores struggle to cope with mounting takeover debt. Six of the top 12 supermarkets, including Safeway, Jewel and Lucky, were snapped up in buyouts during the past decade. The survivors face more competition than ever before. It is not uncommon to find three or four national chains -- not to mention a mass merchandiser like K Mart or Wal-Mart -- competing in the same territory. With tougher times ahead, grocery chains are turning to computers to gain a competitive edge...
...Archbishop of Genoa, unhesitatingly agreed to carry on the work of a Jewish relief organization after it was forced to disband. "They are innocents," he told his secretary. "We must help them at whatever cost to ourselves." And then there were the thousands of Italian Christians who out of uncommon decency defied authority by harboring Jews or warning them of impending Gestapo roundups...
Folk singer Bill Staines--presented by Uncommon Coffeehouse. First Parish Meeting House, Framingham Centre. Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. $8; $7 for seniors and students $4 for children under...