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...Ware St. Building...
Bracelets made of cardboard hardly sound like stepping-out gear, but in California they are fast becoming fashionable. Recession Ware bracelets, offered in novelty shops for $2.50 each, are the latest gimmick from master Marketer Stephen Askin, 43, of Los Angeles. During the Iranian hostage crisis, Askin sold Ayatullah Dartboards. More recently he has developed aerosol cans of water labeled Nuclear Fallout Repellant. Even zanier is his Deeley Bobber, a glitter-coated headset that looks like insect antennae. In the past ten weeks an estimated 2 million bobbers have been sold at $2.99 each...
...Recession Ware, Askin appears to have yet another hit. Asserts he: "People are in the doldrums with the recession and want to say, 'I'm still happy despite everything.' " The baubles have been on sale around Los Angeles for only three weeks, and business has been strong, especially with the Beverly Hills crowd. Says Askin: "They're feeling a little left out in Beverly Hills, and they want to get in on the recession...
...sign that the union may have the long-term potential of swaying Harvard administrators to greater regard for tenant relations, others note that as long as the University refuses to recognize the union there will be isolated incidents such as the Erickson affair and protracted disputes such as the Ware St. episode. The beginning of direct negotiations between Harvard and the union could produce immediate positive results for both parties, the tenants contend...
...accepting tenant's gripes on a daily basis. But now that they have a chance to look back, HRE officials may see that by talking about the HTU energy survey results, for example, they could have avoided what was for Harvard and tenants an unpleasant confrontation over the Ware St. windows...