Word: salesgirl
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...best German Weinbrand at the same price gathers dust.* From tiny Fiats to elegant Ferraris, some 400,000 imported cars have been sold in West Germany. In a posh Dusseldorf shoe salon last week, a matron, eyeing the latest square-toed model, snapped: "Is It Italian?" Replied the salesgirl: "Madam, we sell only Italian shoes." German sausage and French pate are pouring into Belgium at twice the pre-1958 rate. One of Brussels' largest stores laid on a Common Market exhibi tion earlier this year called "Europe on Your Plate." Supplies were cleaned...
...Neapolitan merchant: "We never thought Kennedy would pass such an anti-democratic law." Cried another: "This damned law is ruining my business. We show them fine jewelry, and they say: 'It's wonderful, but we can't spend more than $100.'" In Paris, a salesgirl in a Rue Royale glove shop said: "Oh, les pauvres Américains I Eef zis 'appen to us, we would do avrysing een our power to disobey, even smuggling. But zee Americains are too weel deesciplined to do sings like...
...Dresdeners, Americans are people from another planet. The mother of a young boy asked if she could have an empty U.S. cigarette pack "as a remembrance." Surprisingly, most were fearlessly outspoken about their dislike of Communist Boss Walter Ulbricht's regime. "Why did you come here?" asked a salesgirl wonderingly. "Why does anyone come here?" Quipped a bitter bartender: "Have a socialist drink: crush one potato in a glass, drink it fast and try to think of vodka." "Shall I describe how it is to live here?" sneered a girl government clerk. "It stinks...
...prowl for a likely vote getter in next December's Senate elections, the Australian Republican Party went to a promising place. Adelaide's Charles Birk's department store, picked out a $25-a-week salesgirl, broad-shouldered, brunette Olympic Swimming Champion Dawn Fraser, 23. Figuring that her five world records would make her all but unbeatable in swim-conscious Australia, the party invited Dawn to carry its banner but got a polite brush-off. "I understand one of the party's aims is to do away with the royal family." said loyal Monarchist Dawn...
During the second stage, the ex-addict works at a regular job on the outside, contributes part of his wages to the group, continues to live at the house. One such is a middle-class college graduate who is now a salesgirl in a Santa Monica department store, after a flight that took her through prostitution and prison. Despite the new start, she still feels unable to live on her own in the world...