Word: bargainers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Davey Nelson narrated the Harvard Yale movie at the New Lecture Hall three-fourth full of people last night, and made many morning papers of November 30 look sick in the bargain. It appeared very blatantly that a quick reshuffling of accolades is necessary before this H-Y can be reduced to pure history...
Whatever Habaneros wanted-rest, fun, comfort, or bargain shopping-Miami had. A combination of inflated prices in Cuba plus fast, cheap air service had launched a boom in northbound tourist travel; Havana, long celebrated as a tourist spot in its own right, since last spring has sent some 50,000 tourists to Florida...
What's a Bargain? Last week, when bear growls could be plainly heard, the bond market was turning perversely bullish. Ordinarily, rising bond prices have preceded bull markets (as bond prices go up and their interest yield declines, common stocks grow more attractive). Last week, with stocks falling, long-term Treasury bonds, which set the bond market trend, rose above their Federal Reserve support-price for the first time since July...
Wily old (80) Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, one of the world's richest men, reputedly learned to bargain in the rug bazaars of Turkey. So it was no trick for him to block a deal for Standard Oil Co. (NJ.) and Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. in the Middle East. The two oil companies had offered to pay upwards of $150 million for a 40% share in the Arabian American Oil Co.'s Saudi-Arabian concession (TIME, Dec. 23, 1946). Before the deal was made, Trader Gulbenkian wanted...
...melodrama, but it has some wry Gallic nourishes. Example: the downtrodden Cinderella of the film (Andrée Clement) is not rewarded with the Prince Charming (Jacques Dacqmine), who runs off with a flashy tart. Instead, she gets a profitable little hotel business, and seems perfectly content with the bargain...