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Word: givings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Murphy amendment" would give state governors the authority to veto granting or renewal of funds to any legal services program funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), subject o override only by the President of the United States. Currently, a governor's veto may be countermanded by the Director...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Group Criticizes Legal Assistance Curb | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

Door-to-door salesmen for Collier's have vigorously claimed for years that they are not selling anything. The salesman's pitch is that his company is willing to give away an encyclopedia valued at $559 in exchange for a testimonial letter to be used "in future sales drives...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

...problem is in the selling. The company's use of a "give-away" offer to sell its product has caused many complaints from customers and agencies...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

...bizarre job interview opens the wonderful world of Collier's to the outsider. "Your job is not to sell," the interviewer told me. "We want to give these to people who would buy a home library within a few years anyway...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

...blonde Mama Cass is supposed to give it today. She'll smear her smile all over the poster-encrusted room; that's how she sold five sets and earned $500 last week...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

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