Clinton St. Quarterly, Vol. 2 Vol. 4 | Winter 1980 /// Issue 8 of 41 /// Master# 8 of 73

CLINTON ST. QUARTERLY SICK OF BEING MADETHE FOOL? Duane "Hawkeye" LaRue President, Future is NowEnterprises NOWYOUCANCHANGEALL THAT WITHOURNEW MORALFIBREKIT FROMFUTURE ISNOW. THEBAHAMAS Afew m o n th s ago , in th i s sp ace , I to ld you abou t a r em a rk a b le o p p o r tu n i ty , y o u r s fo r th e a sk in g , to e a rn b ig m o n ey in y o u r sp a r e t im e g row in g m o ld c u l tu r e s in y o u r own hom e . The re s p o n s e to th a t o ffer w a s so e n c o u ra g in g th a t I ’d l ik e to te l l y o u a b o u t a n o th e r o p p o r tu n i ty , one th a t w i l l m ak e y o u r s i l ly m o ld b u s in e s s seem l ik e c h i ld ’s p l a y o r w o rse . Now , I know som e of you h a v e n ’t y e t re c e iv e d y o u r Mold S t a r t e r K its . In fac t, w e ’ve ev en re c e iv e d a few in q u i r i e s , som e from p r e s t ig io u s g o v e rnm e n t a g en c ie s , a s k in g u s th in g s l ike , “W hat g iv e s ? 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