Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surge in reservations for flights to the U.S.; Alitalia and BOAC both have increases of more than 100% , while Air France, SAS, KLM, Lufthansa and Swissair have gained 12% to 30% . Airline executives expect a record number of tourists to be attracted to the U.S. by the bargain fares, coinciding as they do with the opening of the New York World's Fair...
...rumps waiting for Otto Preminger to come to them and say, 'I've seen your artistry. Nobody is going to see your artistry. You can always wait on table and check hats with no loss to your pride. I get paid well now. I drive a hard bargain. I think actors deserve every penny they...
Compromise. The debate stems from the U.S. Trade Expansion Act, passed under President Kennedy, which per mits the U.S. to bargain for sharply lower tariffs on whole families of prod ucts instead of negotiating by item. As a result, the Western industrial powers planned the impending round of tariff negotiations, and whatever cuts they agree upon will be extended to all 58 members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT...
More Cell Space? Last week in Juneau, the Alaska legislature was considering whether to take the U.S. Government up on its bargain-basement offer. The trouble is, Alaskans cannot agree on what they would do with POW if they owned it. Some want to make it the new state capital. Others want to turn it into a tourist resort, or perhaps a sort of deep-freeze Las Vegas. There was a move on to acquire it for a penitentiary; the state's jails are now badly overcrowded. But the plan was defeated when people realized that existing prisons would...
...most communities along Satena's route, the air force planes are the only regular link with the outside world. From Bogota, Satena takes off daily with fabrics, fertilizers, medicines and home appliances; commissaries are being set up to sell these goods at bargain prices. On return trips, the planes bring out fish, hides, rubber and dairy products. Farmers in the Caqueta region last year shipped 1,000,000 sacks of rice to market via Satena; at the village of El Refugio, fishermen who used to have no way to market their catch now fly out four tons weekly. This...