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...with the President laid up." The most prominent surrogate campaigner available is Vice President George Bush, who substituted for Reagan in announcing a White House plan to ease air-quality and safety regulations on automobiles (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). But Bush is no match for his boss as a political salesman. Said one uncharitable White House aide: "I forgot how miserable Bush is on television. He's got all the punch of Jerry Ford...
...always been a salesman's maxim that Bibles are a recession-proof product, and, with America's new turn to old-time religion, business is in full boom. Sales run to more than $150 million a year in the U.S. The industry is not only growing but evolving, from a steady but unglamorous trade to a high-pressure one. Verily, the Bible is in the process of becoming the greatest story ever sold...
...Beck joined Prudential Insurance Co. in 1951 as a sales agent and during the next 27 years clambered to the pinnacle of the "Rock." Only one other chairman had ever started out selling policies-John Dryden, who founded the firm in 1875. Still driven by a door-to-door salesman's enthusiasm, Beck works standing up at a desk built into his office wall. He will be arguing the Business Roundtable's views on Social Security and pensions. As a lifelong insurance man, he naturally stresses the importance of future planning for businesses as well as individuals. Says...
...families. The job was very intense: long hours on foot, six days a week. By the end of the summer, however. I had not only met more interesting people than I could hope to count, but had also made more than twice the average earnings of a first-year salesman...
...work is like that of the stereotypical door-to-door salesman -- sweeping through cities, one step ahead of the law," Johnson said. "I had one permanent address during the entire summer and conducted my business in an honest, straightforward way," he added...