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Word: likeness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Later, after the training session, a married girl in the class tells the spy "I'd never let anybody talk to me like that." She never comes back to the office again, so the spy couldn't go to the Moonwalk Party she had said she would invite him to. He was sorry...

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

...Almost all of them seem to end up at Collier's at one time or another-like the assistant city editor of the Louisville Times, who sent the spy after Collier's. The assistant city editor had peddled encyclopedias for two weeks once, and hadn't been able to sell a single...

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

...would be foolish to have a set like this and not keep it up to date. Right?" the salesman asks. "You could use a service like this in your home. Right!" The commitments pile...

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

...Sure looked like they did." a former salesman said. "Some people just look at the encyclopedia and have to have it. Once you've gotten all those commitments from them, there's just no way for them to back...

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

...managing director of the Greater Louisville Better Business Bureau, Joe D. Proctor, feels that sales pitches like Collier's will be changed one way or the other...

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

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