1.   Display manager John Birch said the complaint could have arisen because the store was using some male dummies for the first time in several years.

2.   Asian stores frequently use cards to pay for their purchases from designers.

3.   Back in the dark ages, stores used to wait until the Thanksgiving turkey was reduced to boney rubble before hauling out the stuffed Santas.

4.   Before then, the stores used letter and number combinations to express the dates, a code that was not clear to buyers.

5.   All Saturn stores already use one-price selling, and in many cities, all Saturn stores are owned by the same dealer, eliminating competition.

6.   Creation of the home stores allows Penney to expand offerings of furnishings and accessories while letting its traditional stores use more space for high-margin apparel.

7.   Driving the connection home are the posters that stores are using to push their ice-clutching shoes.

8.   Gaddum said the Bundesbank hopes to reduce the transition period during which companies and stores will use both deutsche marks and euros to price products.

9.   He says the stores have simply used computers to manage their inventories more efficiently.

10.   If credit card holders subsequently file for bankruptcy, the stores often use the threat of repossessing the purchased items to persuade customers to reaffirm their debts.