Word: bargaining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the Sacred Cow, bringing her on the last lap of her trip from California, landed at Washington National Airport, a hearteningly enthusiastic little crowd of U.S. and Chinese officials was on hand to greet her. But the welcome turned into something like a bargain-basement sale. The crowd pushed, photographers struggled. George Marshall was conspicuously absent; he had gone to Walter Reed Hospital with an old kidney ailment. Mrs. George Marshall took Madame Chiang firmly by the arm, led her past the microphones of protesting radio men and into a State Department Cadillac...
Merchandising in the Stomach. In Los Angeles, as in Manhattan, Ohrbach's has expensive as well as bargain dresses -up to $385. But they still cost far less than similar models in most shops. To get a mass market, top designers gladly sell their clothes to Ohrbach's, but make sure their labels are removed...
...Must Bargain...
From a Sickbed. The officers waited, then early in November called again. This time they meant business. Gallegos and Rómulo Betancourt, leader of Acción Democrádtica, were willing to bargain but they refused to accept dictation. Behind them, they hinted, were nearly half a million militant party members...
Among the individualistic stores paying no attention to the storekeeper's favorite season, is J. Press, at present in the throes of a giant bargain sale. No holly for J. Press while yet one reduced-price topcoat remains unsold...