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Wal-Mart's cheer. (No Comment).


Two grocery stores in the Billings, Montana, area are closing, apparent victims of Wal-Mart, reports the Billings Gazette The Billings Gazette is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper printed in Billings, Montana and owned by Lee Enterprises. It is the largest daily newspaper in Montana, with a Sunday circulation of 52,434 and a weekday circulation of 47,105. . A few days before the Smiths grocery store closed, checkers checkers, game for two players, known in England as draughts. It is played on a square board, divided into 64 alternately colored—usually red and black or white and black—square spaces, identical with a chessboard.  were stunned stun  
tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns
1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow.

2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise.

3.
 by the behavior of three Wal-Mart employees who were scouting the store. "When they were going out the door, they were high-fiving each other," said a grocery store worker. "They said it really loud, 'Two down and one to go.' "A Wal-Mart spokesperson "confirmed, but did not condone condone v. 1) to forgive, support, and/or overlook moral or legal failures of another without protest, with the result that it appears that such breaches of moral or legal duties are acceptable. , the Smith's incident."
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Date:Aug 1, 2003
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