Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bargain, his rifle shots have knocked four goalies out cold. In front of a large gathering expected at Andover--today is a school holiday--he should sparkle, as he hid before the crowd that drifted over to the freshman game last Saturday during the varsity intermission. Getchell says his center halfback, Billy yard, is "the backbone of the club" and the best center halfback I've had at Harvard." "Everybody who knows anything but soccer," Getchell explains, "knows that Ward is the reason for most of O'Hiri's goals." Ward is a good dribbler and an accurate kicker, with...
...themselves, (in Time magazine or the CRIMSON) are exceedingly funny. It takes a visit to one of his shows to perceive just how tame Sahl really is--and to realize that his "refreshing young voice" is actually uttering the same banalities that have been floating around us, available at bargain prices for some years...
...pride would be so hurt that the compromise would be unacceptable. But it seems possible that the UN could be accepted, under pressure, as a gesture to convince others of the good faith which de Gaulle has already personally guaranteed. It need never be suggested that France would not bargain in good faith: rather, acceptance of the UN could become a supreme French gesture of willingness to do anything to convince the Algerians of honest intentions...
...rent for an assorted selection of the Theresa's rooms. This was more than the ordinary Harlem citizen would have been charged for the same supply of beds-and $440 more than Castro's daily bill at the Shelburne-but for Fidel it was a bargain. As soon as his press men passed the word that he was heading for Harlem, huge crowds turned out to greet him. Curious Negroes who cared little for his politics jostled Puerto Ricans and Cubans, who consider him their champion. Squads of cops were called into action...
...avert a threatened civil war between Kong Le and those who opposed his coup. King Savang Vatthana accepted as his Premier Kong Le's candidate for the job: Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma. As his part of the bargain, Prince Souvanna turned around and named as his Interior Minister General Phoumi Nosavan, leader of the anti-Kong Le faction. Everybody seemed relatively happy with the arrangement, at least for the moment...