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Editorials • No good deed goes unpunished • Something for regulators to consider Columns Frank Kollman: Wages and hours and Larry Flynt Don Desrosiers: Pressing defects: causes and fixes Ray Colucci: Up front is still where it counts Dan Eisen: Ink stains and stain removers Harvey Gershenson: Are routes the direction for you? Bill Bishop: Untimely tips for holiday gifts Dennis McCrory: Advocates, apathetics and assassins Frank Lucenta: Using the hand iron for pressing Profile Gary Glover: Total Teamwork Newsmakers Odorizzi joins Sankosha CRDN adds assistant controller Smith joins CTS sales force New named VP at 1-800-DryClean TFA awards scholarship Information Central Textbook updated and translated Multi-use cleaning machine Fuzz and lint remover Soil release additive