Word: deal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cuban government, Fessler told its trade representatives that he would sell them 3,000 metric tons of "Barahona," a choice Arabic blend grown in the Dominican Republic, at a bargain price. Reportedly, Fessler and some cohorts produced all the documents attesting to the availability of the coffee, and the deal was clinched last October on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. The Cubans agreed to a price of $1.39 a lb., vs. $1.54 on the world market. In a later meeting, the Cubans asked if they could inspect the coffee. No need for that, Fessler assured them. Everything was fine...
Last week the Resorts International casino in Atlantic City followed the precedent of Las Vegas gaming houses and decided to deal Uston, and at least ten other known counters, out of the game. The casino had cause for alarm: Uston was winning at the rate of $700 an hour and had accumulated $43,000 in chips in about 60 hours of playing when he was informed of the ban. Undaunted, Uston plans to file a complaint with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. He also may continue to place a few chips on the sly: "Maybe...
...furious at the extent and kinds of injuries he had been treating. "If they do not stop this," he predicted, "everyone will be Communist. We have been fighting the Communists for 20 years. Now all of us in my profession are nationalist, independent and pro-Khomeini. They must deal with...
...campaign. Smith's audiences no longer expected the speeches about preserving the "Rhodesian way of life" that had once characterized his campaign style. As he traveled through guerrilla-hit cities, towns and farming areas, his message was unadorned: "We have no other choice. This constitution is the best deal we can hope for. I'd rate our chances of success at a little more than...
Tennessee Valley Authority Chairman David Freeman explained yesterday, when every position on T.V.A.'s three-man board of directors opened up last year, Jimmy Carter had an opportunity unprecedented since the New Deal years to play Franklin Roosevelt, to restore some of the creative, idealistic spirit that characterized T.V.A. before the Eisenhower and Nixon appointees took over...