Word: sellers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clincher that gave Peretz final authority in the dispute was a clause saying "the seller will serve the buyer's best interests." The agreement was that Harrison would stay on for a three year grace period while Peretz learned the ropes. This arrangement, Peretz says, caused one of his friends, a "shrewd" businessman, to say, "This kind of two-headed monster will never last...
...industry's biggest stimulus is coming from fashion-conscious consumers, who are shedding their uncertainty about the future and indulging long-suppressed urges for new clothing, notably sportswear, leisure suits and shirts. A big seller lately has been the "trashy look," seen mainly in women's blouses; made of semitransparent polyester and cotton, the cloth gets its name from its rough, unfinished look. Demand for blue denim for everything from jeans to auto-seat covers is running high, and corduroy is also moving briskly. Home-furnishings sales, which have been impeded by the slowdown in housing construction...
...command high prices. Producer David Wolper, a collector of note, has a Christmas card that was sent by Al Capone to, of all people, George Bernard Shaw. Its message: "May our rackets live forever." Among other curiosa, Dealer Hamilton has a 1969 letter from Patty Hearst valued by the seller...
...this comment is not really effective, for Theresa's plight is never totally convincing. One can only look to the book's sensationalistic subject to explain why Looking for Mr. Goodbar has been found on the best-seller lists...
...tour ends with an herbal lunch in the 18th century farmhouse of Caprilands' Adelma Simmons, who has written five books on herbs. Many of the new herb fanciers are rediscovering ancient health cures. Genine Kepnis, manager of the Organic Food Cellar in Cambridge, Mass., says that one salubrious seller is goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis, which is used as a cure-all for complaints ranging from sore throats to poison ivy. "It even makes a good mouthwash," says Kepnis. "Herbs have become so popular," she notes, "that they are replacing both drugs and supermarket brand-name spices...