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...steady stream of students scooped up tastes of Meyers' popcorn from a large bag. They also bought 50-cent bags to take back to their dormitory rooms at a special discount price of a dime. Rock music blared from speakers as a local radio station, WBCN, broadcast live...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Fest Offers Frills And Thrills for Students | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...fact, two Harvard Square tanning salons are packing enough ultraviolet radiation to keep undergraduates bronzed and gleaming all winter long. Body Bronze (formerly the Harvard Tanning Club) and Tanorama compete for student business, offering free trial sessions, discount rates, and other spa-like amenities to draw in customers...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Sun in the Square Isn't Just for Summer | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...terms of music in the suite, however, students who don't want to plunk down substantial amounts of cash for a stereo invest in a boom box rather than oversize speakers for a walkman. Discount Records, on John F. Kennedy St., sells 10 to 15 walkman speaker sets a week versus 20 boom boxes. And walkman speakers are becoming more popular, says Patrick S. Pezzati, the store's assistant manager...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: The Music Lover's Dilemma: CD or Not CD | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

Many professional traders were mystified by the timing of last week's sell- * off. Said Michael D. Smith, senior vice president of institutional sales at B.C. Christopher Securities in Kansas City: "Nobody knows what's going on. Why did they discount American business 4.6% yesterday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sell Everything Now! | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...Denver crisis illustrated some of the snarls that have entangled parts of the airline industry -- and especially People Express -- in the stiff competitive environment that People did so much to create. The revolutionary . discount airline could no longer afford to operate Frontier, which it had bought only last November, since the Denver-based subsidiary was dropping an estimated $10 million monthly. Even after the shutdown, People was losing about $1 million a day as a result of its ownership of Frontier, and in the view of many analysts, is being kept alive largely on the $46.7 million from United. Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Perils of Competition | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

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