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The affluent classes are more comfortable than ever--we can barely, dimly imagine the world, just two generations ago, when millions of Americans cherished the Sears Roebuck catalog for its utility as toilet paper.
TNF-α is a well-characterized, potent inducer of IL-8 transcription and an anti-apoptotic agent [ 30 31 32 ] . Roebuck provides a detailed analysis of IL-8 promoter structure including a promoter recruitment mechanism which involves TNF-α and the cooperativity of NF-kB and NF-IL-6 binding sites [ 4 32 ] . TNF-α exerts many of its effects through TNFR-1 and TNFR-2 receptors, thus co-expression of these receptors with IL-8 might be anticipated.
Another Great Disaster (though it will probably go unnoticed on any television series of that name) has been our offering of VERBATIM binders: one must assume that the back issues have ended up, along with the Sears Roebuck catalogue, hanging from a nail in the privy.
Sam Walton started small in the 1970s, but Wal-Mart rapidly became the largest retailer in the United States, with total sales in fiscal year 1995 equaling the combined sales volumes of Kmart, Sears Roebuck and Co., and the supermarket chain The Kroger Co., the next three largest American retail organizations.
But Sears Roebuck and Co. outstripped Montgomery Ward in the 1890s.