Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much, even with their higher admission prices, as the standard release that runs five times a day all over town. The haul gets bigger, however, when the hard-ticket show goes into the second-run, or "grind," theaters at regular prices. By that time, it seems like a bargain and often does S.R.O. business. The studios also calculate that the extra prestige and promotion for a road show ultimately enhance its TV sales price...
...North American travel agencies. At least a month should be allowed for confirmation of bookings, and the whole trip must be paid for in advance. The deluxe plan of travel is the only way that individuals and couples may go during July and August, and it is a bargain. For $35 a day ($50 for couples) the deluxe tourist receives coupons providing for lodging, meals (breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner), three hours' use of car and driver and Intourist guide-in practice, the guide will work longer on request. There is no choice of hotels. Indeed, unless a tourist...
...fuss about the lotteries is only one sign that the U.S. is on a gambling spree; gambling expenditures may have doubled in the past decade. Las Vegas, with its bargain-basement prices for rooms and floor shows and its free round-trip air fares for well-heeled customers, is now getting competition from oases in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico. The numbers racket (estimated total revenue: $1.5 billion) was once known as "the black man's stock market"; now it is moving all over town. Perhaps the fastest-growing action is betting on sporting events (estimated total: $2.2 billion...
Time to Talk? Assuming the bargain does not come unglued, it may produce some genuine benefits. And it will be difficult for Ky to renege. For one thing, he cannot legally re-enter the presidential race now that the filing deadline has passed. For another, if he ever entertained hopes of engineering a coup, they evaporated as soon as General Khang withdrew his support...
...within the next decade expects to double sales that have already doubled in the past ten years or so. Rich's now outsells any department store south of New York City and east of St. Louis. "We do a big high-fashion business and a big bargain-basement business," says Dick Rich, "and we try to catch everything in between as well." "In between" represents about 60% of the purchases made by the 75,000 customers who crowd into Rich's stores on an average day. Although most are Atlantans, Rich's considers nine Southeastern states...