Word: sales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hand shook as he brushed his eyebrows. It was here, the moment he had waited for. What had made them do it now, he wondered. It must have been his last deal; yes, it was that last big Coca Cola sale that had taught them that he was the greatest salesman who had ever gone forth from Atlanta. They had thought they would surprise him but he was ready for them. He knew just what he would...
...Commander Jacob H. Klein of the Count of Inquiry announces: "We have received orders to advertise the wreckage for sale to the highest bidder and already several aluminum companies are preparing to submit bids...
...sold the former. Last week he got into serious difficulties with the latter. Short of cash, he could not pay his men's wages. He accused the banking interests of boycotting him. He offered $500,000 worth of stock to his employes, bargained with U.S. financiers for the sale of the Aga works, appealed to the state to save him and German industry from avaricious bankers...
...Manhattan, a judge cried: "It is not only obviously and unquestionably obscene, lewd and lascivious, but it is filthy, disgusting and revolting. I am averse to enhancing its sale...
...intimated, when parts would be obtainable at standard prices from agencies in most large towns and service stations along the highways. In the minds of his listeners arose the vision of hilarious advertisements offering for rent quaint objects "slightly used but still in good condition," putting up for sale parts "for which the owners had no further use"; of parts which might be exchanged for other parts...