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...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...
Less imaginative people might have urged him to dedicate his talents to basketball or football. But at 14, Robert Pipkins was already enamored of gymnastics and swimming. That was uncommon enough for a New York City youth, but after his mother brought home a flyer about tryouts for the junior national luge team, Pipkins decided to travel to Lake Placid and give it a try. He immediately loved the luge for the "exciting and risky" way the tiny sled carries one man at high speed. In January, after only three months of top-level training, Pipkins, 18, became a member...