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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile, another local store joined the ranks of these merchants in the Square who have made partial price cuts, when Fred Olsson's Art Shot instituted "a 15-percent discount on any framed picture or photo stand in the store." However, the Art Shop, maintained its prices on all other items, including paintings, at their current level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Price Cut of 10 Percent at Brine's Causes 'Substantial' Sales Increase | 4/30/1947 | See Source »

...they are choosy. Light cars dating from the early '40s are $200 to $350 above the former ceilings-at what had been black-market prices. But vintage models of the early '30s rust in the lots, and heavy cars of any age are at a heavy discount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: Going Up | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

Circumstances tending to discount the suicide theory--the fact that Harmon was found in a river--were discounted by police. "A psychological call to the water," since the deceased had been an officer in the merchant marine and had frequently spokes about reentering, was suspected by Brickley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Evidence Of Suicide in Harmon Case | 3/15/1947 | See Source »

...Discount. In Grinsted, Denmark, a thief stole 7,500 kroner ($1,566) from Karl Kristensen, next day sent back 7,000 kroner, explained he had no use for so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 16, 1946 | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

...discount to "Thunderbird College" was being studied by the House Surplus Property Committee. Said Chairman Roger C. Slaughter (D., Mo.): "This may be a perfectly legitimate enterprise, but it is worth looking into." Among Thunderbird's backers: five Phoenix and New York banks, several U.S. firms doing business in Latin America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Thunderbird College | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

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