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...Tories could cite some whopping examples. Bevan's budget had set aside ?2 million for spectacles, but Britons-many of whom previously fitted their own specs at Woolworth's-had run up the cost by a cool ?11 million over that. Bevan had been 550% off in his estimate. About a fifth of Britain's population had sat its turn in the dentists' chairs; the bill was ?12 million (250%) over Bevan's estimate...
...running a pushcart. Then he signed on as a coal passer on the steamship Dochra and made a trip to South America. After that, he was on his own. He worked in the fire rooms of Hudson River night boats. He "carried the hod" during construction of the Woolworth Building and many another Manhattan building, and made $19.25 a week...
Making the Deal. While completing his project, Lamb drove some shrewd real estate bargains. Ten stores-among them branches of F. W. Woolworth, Edison Brothers Shoe Shops and Owl Drug Co.-subleased some of his spare land at $2,000 a front foot. Lamb was not afraid of the competition as long as it helped to pay the cost of his store...
...figured that the competition would help Broadway-Crenshaw get customers. His plan included a 10½-acre parking lot and an underground tunnel that keeps delivery trucks out of the way of customers' cars. A Los Angeles housewife who drives out to buy at Woolworth's or Owl is just as likely to drop into the Broadway store before she starts home...
...last week, not only Kresge's but Woolworth's and scores of other dime and department stores were selling thousands of 29? and 49? packets, consisting of a pipe and a collapsible tube filled with a plastic called "Bub-O-Loon." In thousands of homes, offices and nightclubs, Americans were huffing & puffing into their hollow sticks...