Word: bargainers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...German negotiators cautiously surveyed the trade vacuum and prepared to move in. They could not give Naguib all that he asked for, but the Egyptians obviously expected to settle for less. Whatever the final bargain, West Germany may well be on the way to becoming the leading foreign power in Egypt's economy...
...artists are generally hungry unknowns from the Left Bank or Montmartre. Unscrupulous dealers pay them a few francs to paint "in the style" of a recognized master, then peddle the pictures to gullible bargain hunters, often-the experts believe-to unwary tourists from Latin America and the U.S. Most of the time the fakes are incredibly crude, but sometimes the canvases are so clever that they defy even a shrewd buyer...
...shall never try to placate an aggressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for security. For, in the final choice, a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains...
There's a lot to be said for an evening of quiet, amusing entertainment, with any social significance so deeply buried that there is no point in dragging it to light. When you can watch two such talented performers as Helen Hayes and Jules Munshin in the bargain, it almost seems worth while to abandon exams for the evening...
Prisoner of Grace, by Joyce Cary. The story of Nina Nimmo and her lifetime bargain with two men; a new novel by one of the liveliest writers alive (TIME...