Word: clerke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Powell put a Negro girl, Sylvia Givens, 20, on the committee payroll as a "clerk," then used her for "domestic work"; Miss Givens testified that she worked as a cook and maid at his retreat on South Bimini Island in the Bahamas...
Swelling the Inventory. To combat the perennial returnee, department stores have developed a variety of ploys. One Philadelphia matron who tried to bring back a sexy nightgown that her husband had given her was told in detail by an artful clerk of the care her husband had taken in selecting it. "After all," cooed the clerk, "isn't it better for you to have it than some other woman?" The lady kept the gown...
...Gases. Back with père et maman in Paris, young Ferdinand's grotesque adventures continue in mad spate. Father is a clerk, a monster of suspicion and self-pity; Mother deals in junk, which she tries to sell as antiques. They are failures, and Ferdinand thrashes them frightfully for it. He throws himself on the mercies of an uncle, who is a friend of Courtial Des Pereires, a prince of crackpots...
...rest of the day was devoted to the selection of the jury. Eleven men were chosen before the court clerk ran out of prospects...
Losing Leverage. Another argument against blanket withdrawal of investments is raised by Wichita Lawyer William Thompson, the new Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church. He contends that by taking funds out of a bank or selling shares in a company whose policies they may not approve, the churches lose their leverage to change the minds of corporation officials...