Word: pitchs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Quite to the contrary, there is every reason for the group--or its individual members--to give some brief indication whether the President's personal sales pitch made sense...
Only manager Dick Williams, walking from the clubhouse to his office, paused to think about the St. Louis Cardinals. "We'll pitch Santiago Wednesday," he said, "and Lonborg Thursday--to give him a bit of rest...
...last speaker, Rap Brown, brought the rally to a high pitch with his last statement. Pounding his fist, he shouted, "Ours is not to do or die, ours is but to reason why: Hell...
...economy theme is just as pronounced in the Javelin ads. Aimed at the burgeoning youth market, they tackle Ford's successful Mustang head-on with the pitch that the Javelin, while similarly priced (about $2,500), offers such values as contour bumpers, bigger engines and more leg room. To dramatize the car's jumbo gas tank (19 gallons v. the Mustang's 16), one television commercial shows a gang of toughs-"Hey hood, look at the hood!" their leader shouts-siphoning petrol from a parked Javelin. A magazine ad goes even further in highlighting the Javelin...
Belated Astonishment. The Administration has long been citing the danger of a renewal of last year's price spiral as an argument for its tax bill, and now is using the figures to lend an unusual urgency to the pitch. In a generally rosy report on the economy last week, Presidential Adviser Gardner Ackley was moved to emphasize "unwelcome but convincing indications of inflationary pressures ahead...