Word: selling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...greater variety at many firms. Doubleday plans to publish 18 literary novels this year by first- or second-time authors, in contrast to only two in 1986. Says literary agent Virginia Barber: "We used to get as little as $5,000 for a literary novel. Now it might sell...
...chip futures market would allow manufacturers to buy or sell contracts for DRAM-chip delivery several months down the line, locking in a guaranteed price. Yet skeptics point out that microchips vary much more widely in quality and type than bushels of corn and that buyers who purchase their chips on the market rather than directly from suppliers will have far less influence over the manufacturing process...
...council was counting on a sell-out show to earn back Vega's hefty fee. But the ROTC affair prevented council members from publicizing the event, and when the concert fell far short of a sell-out, the council suffered losses that may exceed...
...council discloses that its spring concert, featuring Suzanne Vega, lost $20,000 because it failed to sell out 3000-seat Bright Arena. Council officials blame the ROTC crisis for cutting short advertising...
Either way, when we graduate we all become unlikely ambassadors for The Harvard Experience. On one hand, we sell it; on the other hand, we disparage...