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Word: bargainer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Spanish Loyalist Government was clearly getting no bargain. Most important items were 18 sporting and commercial airplanes which Mr. Cuse had already gathered and was knocking down for shipment at North Beach, L. I. airport. The ships, perhaps of greater value to souvenir hunters than military flyers, included such famed oldsters as Laura Ingall's Lockheed Orion, Powell Crosley's Northrup, seven discarded American Airlines Vultees and Harry Richman's Lady Peace. Most of the rest of the Vimalert shipment consisted of 411 motors and enough parts to make 150 more. All of the disassembled stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Vimalert Affair | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

...leaders were surprised by a spontaneous tide in their affairs, they did not hesitate to take it at the flood. Pressing his advantage, U. A. W.'s President Homer Martin, with John Lewis' full public backing, last week reiterated time & again his prime demand: That General Motors bargain with his union on a nation-wide basis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Prelude to Battle | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

...economic concessions and returned German colonies as his price for behaving differently in Spain. This was all very well, but the British Cabinet notoriously want the Whites to win in Spain, while the French Cabinet just as notoriously want the Vhites to lose. Those who were trying to bargain with Der Führer therefore were sharply divided and they were also frightened. According to London newspundits, the German troops in Spain seem to be moving in equipped to settle down as an Army of Occupation. Should anything like 60,000 arrive, Generalissimo Franco would simply be Dictator Hitler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Uneasy Christmas | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

Last week Carib stockholders learned the deal was off, at least for the time being. The undisclosed group who wanted Carib's share of the Barco was, it turned out, in fact acting for Socony and Texaco. Knowing this, little Carib was obviously in a better position to bargain. It was announced that "the parties in interest have taken the matter under consideration." presumably meaning more money for Carib...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Little Partner Back | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

...Many stock buyers seem never to have got over the idea that a stock is a bargain just because its price is low." declared Mr. Gay as he thumped his desk. "I can't stress too much the plain fact that just because a stock is selling at a low price is no guarantee it is cheap. A stock can be selling as low as $2 and still be the dearest security in the country. Make no mistake about it: the right-minded people in Wall Street don't want to see the public rushing into securities without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Hot Pennies | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

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