Word: dollars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since money must be spent, 'and help must be rendered, America can convert every dollar into an ally . . . only by convincing Europeans and Asiatics alike that we hold by the spiritual ideal of Christianity, the intellectual idea of justice, the humanitarian ideal of liberty. . . . And we have much to do-so much to do-right here at home, before such professions will make sense or meaning to the world...
...well-paid by Ecuadorian standards. Roughly $1,500,000 in salaries have gone to native employees annually; the national budget amounts to only $20,000,000 a year. To the importer in Ecuador it would mean the loss of at least 10% of the country's already scarce dollar exchange. To Ecuador as a whole it would mean the end of a cherished dream...
...range of styles, colors and materials was wide. But prices were higher (shoes, hats, suits were up as much as 10% over 1946). And sales were slipping. Average dollar volume in Manhattan's apparel stores was off only about 1%. Yet this was enough to worry many a merchant with high inventory because it meant that unit sales were considerably under last year's. Said a salesgirl in high-hatted Hattie Carnegie's: "A woman who bought six hats last year will buy only four this year." (Hattie Carnegie's "popular" price...
...Back-Scratchers-established radio stars who visit each other's shows, without charge, on a "you-scratch-my-back-and-ril-scratch-yours" basis. Under this arrangement, Jack Benny last week assembled a "Million Dollar Quartet" (Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, Andy Russell, Dennis Day) for only $3,000. Russell, the only one without a radio show of his own, was the only one Benny had to pay. World's Champion Back-Scratcher is Bob Hope, who solemnly estimates that during the next month he will spend more than half his waking hours in broadcasting studios...
...worth the fifty cents we are asking; but, in addition as a special introductory offer, the Toe-Main Company has placed a generous gift in each and every box. They include: a Remington electric shaver, a twelve jewel Hamilton wrist-watch, a genuine leather wallet containing a ten dollar bill, and a genuine leather wallet without the ten dollar bill. Now, we have only a limited number of these boxes, so it will have to be first come first served. Who's gonna be first? Whaddya...