Word: bargainers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...side. England's towering, blond Richard the Lionhearted stormed the supposedly impregnable fortress of Acre, and later fought at Jaffa with such bravery that when his horse fell, the admiring Sultan Saladin sent him two fresh chargers. But Richard himself had backslid so far as to bargain with the infidel, offering to marry his sister to the Sultan's brother in return for access to Jerusalem...
...with narrow moralizing on success, at humor's expense. But before the best man wins the $125,000 job, there are a couple of laughs. Best scene: the feline bedlam of a hundred half-dressed women of all ages and shapes battling for cut-rate dresses in a bargain basement on 14th Street...
Telephone Commercials. Chicago's Bargain Shopping Services, Inc. has launched tape-recorded commercials on the telephone. By dialing B.S.S.'s number, a shopper can hear plugs for six items billed as the day's "best buys." Advertiser's cost: $15 daily plus 1? a call...
...Bargain Basement. In Cincinnati, Wedding Belles Inc. advertised in the American Israelite: "Just for you-we offer the largest selection of wedding gowns (and veils) in the Midwest. Gowns from $49.50 to $250! Bridesmaids...
STOCK EXCHANGE SEATS are going up in price as trading volume expands. Last week one seat sold for $69,000, another for $70,000-almost double last November's bargain-basement price of $38,000 and 30% above July's price of $54,000. Lowest price in modern times; $17,000 in 1942; alltime high...