Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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THE Wall Street Journal reports that many shopping centers now stay open Sundays because families are shopping together instead of praying together. People shop, for spiritual fulfillment instead of going to church, for escape instead of going to the movies, and for relaxation instead of going to sleep.
Christmas is, of course, the big season for shopping. But this Christmas inflation and the fear of recession made the Great American Spender tighter than expected, leaving many products still on the shelf-conspicuously unconsumed.
The retailers don't like to admit it. The manager of a Mt. Auburn St. men's clothier (whose name contains its New York address) ordered a CRIMSON reporter out of the store when the reporter suggested that revenue about equal to that of Christmas 1968, what with 5 per...
But it's true. There's lots of merchandise lying around and lots of bargains to be had. So this reading period, instead of seeing The African Queen for the sixth time, you might find it profitable to join the hordes looking for a good buy and a richer life...
HEADING up Plympton Street, you arrive at Krackerjack's where manager Mr. McCoy says December dollar sales were about the same in 1968, but only because of higher prices. None-theless, their big sale doesn't start for a couple of weeks. But you can get a pair of bright...