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...ceremony with 150 guests, a screening of a specially made video called Infinite Possibilities, and a champagne reception for such dignitaries as the U.S. ambassador to Korea. But before the festivities could begin, the doors to the ballroom burst open and in rushed 70 angry members of the Daewoo salesmen's union. The militants, wearing red bandannas around their heads, overpowered security guards and began singing protest songs. Smith, guards by his side, was forced to beat an inglorious retreat through a trap door hidden in the ballroom floor behind the stage. The deal was signed unceremoniously later that...
Sweating up the back pockets of traveling salesmen during the 1930s, the so-called Tijuana Bibles were the first truly "underground" comix. Pure pornography, these crudely printed eight-page pamphlets put popular comicstrip characters in more "adult" situations, expounding on the likes of Dagwood's obvious oral fixation. Later the comix artists of the 1960s used identical mixes of sex, racial stereotypes and pop culture for artistic and political subversion. But now, having inseminated the medium, porn comix seem spent. With dullness and utilitarianism, they whore themselves out to men who no longer find the Batman and Robin relationship satisfying...
...some things that needed improvement.” He decided to collect all of his thoughts in writing, and spent about 150 hours brainstorming, composing and revising an 11-page paper. Among the points he outlined was his observation that BCC leaders were “basically good salesmen.” He noted that the church always chose charming, eloquent and outgoing members to be leaders, rather than those who were firm and listened well. Also, Lee criticized the church for making its main focus evangelizing—recruiting—rather than caring for the spiritual well-being...
...artist Marcel Duchamp, who they considered had sold out by, among other things, moving to the U.S. To Live or Let Die, or The Tragic End of Marcel Duchamp includes faithful copies of his works. His assassins, ordinary fellows in jackets and ties who could be paper-clip salesmen, smoke while the artist slumps unconscious in a chair...
Meanwhile, the telemarketers' sales pitches, once based mostly on price, have dived deep into the fine print. Says Dwight Paul, 62, a retired airline pilot: "They seem to play on our inability to understand all these ifs, ands or buts. It's like the old snake-oil salesmen who used to come to town...