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Richard T. Walnut Vincentown...
Near the corner of Main and Walnut streets in the small town of Maynard, Mass., stands a massive complex of aged red-brick buildings. Within those walls, workers toiled amid clanging, churning machinery to produce carpets in the 1850s and Army blankets during two World Wars. But today the sturdy, old facade houses an entirely different enterprise. The noisy machines and grease-stained factory floor have given way to offices where engineers huddle over glowing oscilloscopes and secretaries peck quietly at word processors. The woolen mill has been reborn as the headquarters of the Digital Equipment Corp., the second largest...
...teens Lucas did what most other boys did in Modesto: cruised the streets. Nearly killed when he crashed his Fiat into a walnut tree, he missed his high school graduation and took four months to recuperate. When he was able to function again, he attended Modesto Junior College for two years, then went to the film school of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. At U.S.C., Lucas finally came into his own. "He played with the concepts, he was free, he said we can do anything," says Classmate John Milius, director of Conan the Barbarian. "In those days...
...year-old expansion has resulted in stores near Georgetown University, the University of Maryland and Brown University campuses. Two weeks ago, a new Steve's opened in the Walnut Mall, near Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania...
Owners of the Philadelphia-based chain specifically chose the Walnut Mall location because of its proximity to the University of Pennsylvania Said Paul Curry, one of the store's owners, "We want UP [University of Pennsylvania students] to refer to this as 'their Steve...