Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...worked into the tobacco business, importing Turkish and Bulgarian blends that became immensely popular in Latin America. Three years later, he had saved $20,000; by the age of 23, his tobacco had made him a dollar millionaire. Then came the Depression, and with an eye for a bargain and a hankering for the sea (Odysseus was always his hero, Ithaca his spiritual homeland), Onassis began buying merchant ships. From Canadian National Railways, he purchased half a dozen vessels in 1930 at $20,000 apiece. Each had cost $2,000,000 to build ten years earlier. When World...
...Bargain Rates. The only commercials they saw were two minutes of spots sandwiched between a soap opera and the evening weather report. In one, a pajama-clad comedian leaped from bed and dashed after his passion: garlic-flavored Boursin cheese. In another, three puppies tumbled out of a sweater worn by a curvy brunette, ostensibly proving that her "Tricot Bel" pullover snapped right back .into shape. Other commercials touted the virtues of Virlux butter, Schneider TV sets and Regilait powdered milk...
Pour la Patrie. Though bargain rates should put TV within reach of many companies, the number that can exploit the new advertising opportunity is limited by stiff government restrictions. Half the plugs must boost sales of certain food products to help French farmers unload their surpluses. The rest are equally divided between textiles and electric appliances, whose makers have been hurt by foreign competition. For non-French products, the chances of appearing on French TV screens are small. Before letting a commercial go on the air, the government has to be satisfied that its message serves the interests...
...union, the conflict at Ocean Hill is above all a struggle for survival. The union's strength, built up painfully over the years, lies in its ability to bargain for all the City's teachers. Thus community control strikes directly at the union's source of strength. By insisting on the right of indivdual community boards to negotiate contracts with teachers, the new system would shatter the union into locals whose leverage on wage levels and teaching conditions would be minimal...
...Nixon emerges with the most votes, popular and electoral, in the three-man race. Humphrey follows, but Wallace has amassed enough electoral strength to deny both men the presidency. Nixon and Humphrey refuse to bargain for Wallace's electoral votes. The election therefore goes to the House, where the Democrats have retained control of 27 state delegations. At the same time, the Senate meets to name a Vice President. There, the Democrats have retained control, 53 to 47. The rules eliminate the No. 3 candidate: out goes Curtis LeMay, the Wallace running mate. And enough Southern Democrats follow party...