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<text id=89TT3179>
<title>
Dec. 04, 1989: American Notes:Entrepreneurs
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Dec. 04, 1989 Women Face The '90s
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 49
American Notes
ENTREPRENEURS
Selling a Piece Of the Rock
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<p> Never underestimate the ingenuity of a businessman out to
make a quick buck. Last week two shipments of gray and white
rubble, totaling 20 tons, were airlifted from Germany to
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The Missouri
entrepreneurs who imported the debris swear that it comes from
demolished portions of the Berlin Wall. Just in time for the
Christmas shopping season, they will split it into 2-oz. chunks
to be sold, along with an "informative booklet and a declaration
of authenticity," for $10 to $15 in gift shops and department
stores.
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<p> They had better get those historic stocking stuffers out
fast if they want to corner the market. William Bell, 22, a
Munster, Ind., car salesman, and his uncle, Paul Wells, 37, a
painting contractor from suburban Washington, have set up an
import company to send out what they, too, say are nuggets of
the famous barricade. According to Wells, Bell was in Berlin
last week "chipping away." And along New York City's fashionable
Fifth Avenue, two more entrepreneurs, David Schwartz and Edmond
Howar, are undercutting the competition with their own purported
pieces of the Wall. Price: $7.
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