Word: barter
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...Harvard, after being outplayed in the first period, escaped with an even 1-1 score after Ken Code sent Shayne Kukulowicz in alone on the Husky goal in the final seconds. The junior winger deked once and lifted the disc over the flopping Husky net minder, Tim Marshall. Barter...
...film about it titled Friday Is No Holiday. The movie shows workers plodding lazily through their jobs during most of the week. Then comes Friday, and suddenly the proletariat turns industrious. Some steal bricks to complete the lakeside cottage, others "borrow" pipes for a private plumbing job or barter for extra gasoline to make a weekend excursion. Released in 1978, the film drew packed houses in theaters across the country during its run. The boffo business was not surprising in a country where the most popular maxim among workers remains "If you aren't cheating, then you are cheating...
...essential goods as coal. But, like many reforms, that has not worked. Says Miroslaw: "I have coupons for 1,500 lbs. of coal, but I still have not got any, and winter is just beginning." Miroslaw thinks that farmers and workers may now cooperate more. One way is through barter: "Miners bring their coal and trade it for our potatoes. We want to be as independent of the state as we possibly can. Unfortunately, we cannot make our village into an independent republic...
...depth of these performances is frightening. Too peculiar to be stereotypical, the roles reveal one family's bizarre attempt to barter for an outsider's affections. Warner has gathered an excellent case, enabling novice Samols and professional Bergonzi to give equally riveting performances...
...Luisi's key responsibilities as the head of the agency's syndication department was to supervise a system known as barter. She bought television programs, such as The Osmonds at the Ohio State Fair, from independent producers and then sold them to television stations. Instead of paying cash for the shows, the stations gave the agency advertising time on the air. The agency stored the unused commercial allotments in a computer "time bank" until they were sold to clients. Barter, which is used by several leading advertising agencies, can be very profitable when the time is sold...