Word: sell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before the hard sell could really get under way, however, Carter had to finish the administrative shake-up that had swept five Cabinet members out of office the previous week, leaving some major vacancies in the Executive Branch. The President succeeded in attracting a remarkable and impressive variety of new talent to his Administration. The major newcomers...
...military hardware in Iran. We've already begun negotiations to sell back the F-14s. We have started talks with the intention of selling all of them-the whole system. We have no problems with other systems and will not be trying to sell off other military hardware...
...sales rose 13% worldwide dur ing this year's first half, they spurted ahead 41% in the U.S., where the company is now the fourth largest seller of foreign cars, with 3.4% of the market. Volkswagen's goal is a 5% share, and it could easily sell more cars now if it had them...
...federal permit is needed to run a still, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms issues one routinely when the applicant posts a bond promising not to sell or drink the alcohol. Automakers approve of ethanol power, but caution that it does present some problems. Though it has a higher octane level than even high-test gas, ethanol contains somewhat less overall energy to the gallon, and the mileage it yields is up to 20% less...
...appears that Don Zimmer has given up on the hard sell. He's played his talent rather admirably, keeping sore elbows and ankles in check. No pulled groins on this ball club, no pulled ripcords. While Zimmer insists that he is doing nothing differently this year, everyone knows it's just ego. Behind Zimmer's ego is not an ounce of superego, just a whole bunce of id. Id like the Red Sox dugout exploding onto the field after they win the 1979 American League East title; id like the Boston Globe printing a photograph of his dough-and-steel...