Word: salesman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Winding up his argument and pinning responsibility squarely on the Tycoons themselves, he described the right sort of salesman...
There is a Mack Sennett comedy of the soil, whose continuity appears to have been written by Rabelais, with gags by the author of the travelling salesman joke. It is thoroughly bedridden. It's a talkie...
History. During the War, Capt. Harry J. Hahn, Kansas City auto salesman, served with the U. S. aviation corps. In France he met and married Mlle. Andree Lardoux, niece of the Marquis de Chambre of Brittany. She brought her husband a natural dowry of dark hair and eyes, Gallic chic. Her property dowry included a painting of a gentle faced brunette whose bosom plumply filled her brick-red velvet bodice. The painting was on two layers of canvas, bore on the back the inscription: "Taken from the wood and put on canvas by Hacquin at Paris, 1777."* It had been...
...most cases he never will operate out of sight of land-to build an engine that is as nearly as possible foolproof, to upholster softly, use bright colors and plenty of nickel: these are the present day objec tives of the motor boat designer. Thus, a Sea Sled salesman, addressing an unnautical prospect, explained the mooring of the boat by remarking: "You just put a rope on here and tow her right into the garage...
...never sat in an automobile. That did not prevent him from becoming an automobile salesman. He earned $15,000 in commissions the first year. Then, in 1910. he went into the taxicab business with Walden W. Shaw. The Chicago Athletic Club wanted a private cab service. Messrs. Hertz and Shaw had only two second-hand cars. They borrowed eight others, painted them brightly, paraded past the Chicago Athletic Club, won the contract...