Word: offered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beyond this point, Hunt declined to draw further comparisons, since the purposes of educational systems in the two countries are so divergent. Committed to molding "willing and unquestioning" servants of a totalitarian state, Soviet schools offer rigidly prescribed courses of study he said, with languages the only elective courses...
...Opera's Saturday matinees have been canceled out by some ABC stations. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. disaffiliated its five stations from the networks (four from NBC, one from ABC) to go local, boasts that now all but one rank No. 1 in audience in their respective cities. The networks offer newscasts from Moscow and an occasional big name; local radio offers bargain pork chops at a nearby butcher shop, a $50,000 check that may lie buried in the listener's own backyard, a chance to shake hands with the man who spins Elvis Presley records...
Working with special cellulose paints guaranteed not to rub off or chip, Artist Bernard Buffet turned out a typical still life complete with pink fish, got an offer of 2,000,000 francs ($5,000) for it. Cocteau drew a doodle, surrounded it with blue blobs. Tube-Squirter Georges Mathieu held himself down, produced only some wispy black lines and fuchsia smears. Oldtime Surrealist Léonor Fini turned her refrigerator into a Chinese lacquer box decorated with stalking cats...
Hawaiian Holiday. Philco Distributors of Los Angeles recently offered a Hawaiian holiday to its top dealers, retailers and sales personnel, got 100 winners. The program cost $60,000, but it increased sales 30% during the contest period. Bell & Howell this year will give three trips to Las Vegas, Nev. for top salesmen, with the added incentive that head office VIPs will take over their territories, push the least-promising prospects. Some companies offer fully paid trips to Europe...
...with a competitor's product buried out of sight and reach. Such sharp practices are gradually dying out because companies can work a much better deal with top management on a chainwide basis. Merchandisers argue for special space to tie in with national promotions or big ad campaigns, offer specially reduced prices in "coupon deals" or a flat reduction, e.g., $1 per case, for every additional case a store owner is willing to take...