Word: salesmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...night, and run to answer that raucous bell. I now have leisure to pursue a hobby, enjoy good music, read a book or converse with my wife. We are not dragged off against our will to meetings. We no longer must put up with the leechlike telephone salesmen and solicitors. Meanwhile, our health is better as we have eliminated one of the prime sources of emotional stress in 20th century life...
...Army of Salesmen Go Wnere Conquerors Failed
...parts. At the same time, many Arabs think of the Nazis as the first and most successful anti-Israelis. "I'm embarrassed sometimes," says a West German businessman, "when an Arab says 'Heil Hitler!' to me." A less sensitive colleague admits that he prefers his Mideastern salesmen to be men "with good war records" -ideally, former members of Rommel's Afrika Korps...
...products below cost to clear out inventories, get cash in the till quickly. He streamlined the company by merging the Ferguson and Massey-Harris distribution systems, which often competed with each other, into the new Massey-Ferguson Ltd. He put in tight inventory controls, raised salaries and bonuses of salesmen and branch managers to give them more incentive, brought in a crack young management team to push sales...
...economic year but that the cost of living can be stabilized and held down." Added Everett Dirksen, signaling a new day in the relationships between President Eisenhower and congressional Republicans: "The point was made that we had a good program last year-but that we were not the best salesmen in the world and failed to get our point across...