Word: shapiro
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...retailing to the less affluent is now harder. The ongoing ravages of inflation have cut off 4.2% from the purchasing power of the average paycheck in the past year. Says Chicago's Leo Shapiro, a consumer research expert: "There is real resistance to spending out there. People are entering the Christmas season deter mined to spend less than they did last year. They have more expenses, less cash; and they are resolved to keep more in their pockets...
Some of Lang's former students were quick to defend him. "I didn't think his class was too hard at all," says Julie Shapiro, who edits the Woodward High student newspaper. "Mr. Lang had us go over the readings line by line, and I think they added a lot to the course. Some kids hated the course in the beginning, but at the end they liked the work. He treated us like adults. He had standards...
Philip N. Shapiro, a budget officer for the Advisory Board, said yesterday he does not know of a proposed bus fare hike, but that he heard rumors of such a like when the subway fare rose by 25 cents over the summer...
...added that a court ruled last summer that before it could increase fares again, the MBTA would have to conduct an environmental impact survey to test the effect of increased automobile use resulting from bus and subway ridership declines. Shapiro said the ruling would make a bus fare increase "less likely but not impossible...
...Shapiro said he was not alarmed by the fire. "Once you've been down here for a while you're used to everything," he said...