Word: salesclerk
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...WEAPON. Though they went to court without a murder weapon, prosecutors left no doubt that they believe they know what it was. The owner of a Los Angeles cutlery shop and a salesclerk testified that five weeks before the killings, Simpson bought a 15-in. stiletto with a 6-in. folding blade; before paying, he had it sharpened. To help the courtroom visualize such a knife, co- prosecutor William Hodgman displayed glossy photographs showing a duplicate of the stiletto that he said Simpson had purchased. This was followed by hints that a coroner would offer testimony to prove that...
...WITNESSES. How persuasive the knife-purchase testimony might be in court will depend on what jurors think about the fact that Jose Camacho, the cutlery-store salesclerk, was paid $12,500 by the National Enquirer to repeat his story to them, money that Camacho will split with his bosses. Though Shapiro failed in an attempt to get Judge Kennedy-Powell to suppress the testimony, he could argue to a jury that Camacho and one of his bosses had embellished their story or invented it to make it more salable. "How can you trust an individual when...
Jerry Seinfeld discusses credit-card interest rates with a goldfish, yet. In another ad, he watches as a wealthy consumer is rebuffed by the salesclerk when he proffers the card. Says Seinfeld: "What! You pick the clothes, he picks the card?" Perfect casting. Seinfeld's message drips with a sarcasm that Amex could not deliver directly...
Anything but talk sense, say prickly liberals. According to one radio caller, a bookstore in Portland, Oregon, refused to stock The Way Things Ought to Be. "And if we did," the salesclerk said, "it would be in the Children's Fiction section...
...increase over last year," gloats Glen Greenbaum, vice president of sales for Danskin. Hue, whose lines are sold in 2,000 stores nationwide and in Canada, is up 70% since 1987. At Hermes, leggings are selling like the famous heavy silk scarves. "Even grandmothers are buying them," says a salesclerk. One reason for the popularity of the fashion is economic. As Christian Lacroix, whose palette is wild and whose prices are hair-raising, points out, "This fashion comes from the street, where young people create their own style." Tights and body stockings, topped with a big sweater or jacket...