Word: bargain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Washington seemed to be in a fair way of being checked. The feeling of optimism that had spread over the country gave way to one of blank amazement. What did the French demands mean? She cannot pay for the navy she wants, said some; she is driving a bad bargain, said others. Many doubted her sincerity...
...enjoyment; it will be a small matter for most of us to spare something for the fund. Five dollars will buy a box of candy to be devoured and forgotten in a week; five dollars will also save a child's life for a month. Which is the better bargain...
...CRIMSON hat exchange, in the course of an unusual afternoon's work, gathered together a remarkable collection of hats in all stages of health, and some interesting data in the bargain. It is hard to say which was the more striking, the hats themselves, or the strange contrast between the lost column which expanded with startling rapidity and the found column which was somewhat lethargic...
...freight several ships would race for it. And if any ship looked in at a harbor where some unfortunate producer had perishable freight at the water front, some rascally officer might decline to take it, alleging lack of space, and then purchase the goods at bargain prices when the frantic owner tried to realize something rather than see his property rot on his hands. Ships were so unsanitary that it was an absolute menace to health to travel on them; and owing to lack of schedules, merchants and other travelers couldn't make their plans for any fixed itinerary because...
Once again is the wily faker preying on the innocence of the gullible undergraduate. Once again is the plausible perpetrator of hoaxes ingratiating himself with eager bargain-hunters, making them astounding offers at incredibly low prices, "letting them in on" opportunities for investment so heaven-sent that it seems nothing short of a crime to let the occasion slip...