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...plastic flower exhibits and other flotsam that has nought to do with education. The Better Living and Transportation & Travel pavilions are both traps. Their Kafkan walls are lined with booths from which predator salesmen claw for the jugular. The pavilion of American Interiors is only a big furniture showroom that charges 50? admission. The Underground House ($1) is the pavilion of American Interiors six feet under. Hollywood ($1.25) is a stockade full of tacky TV and movie sets, plus a museum that misspells the names of stars (Tallulla Bankhead...
...will run out of stock before the 1964 models appear. Production of all 1963 models has just about stopped, and the inventory on hand at the beginning of the month was enough for only 44 more days of selling. Chrysler was sufficiently concerned by this fact to move the showroom introduction of its new 1964 models ahead one week, to Sept...
...dropped in on an upper Broadway auto agency and decided on five Cadillacs in as many minutes. A note-taking aide asked, "Five Cadillacs, Your Majesty?" Replied Hassan, "Um . . . yes, five." His biggest field day was at the Fieldcrest textile showroom, where he bought so fast and furiously that salesmen had to send out for more order pads. While inspecting samples, King Hassan's face would light up or turn somber as he pronounced his verdicts of "Très distingué!" or "Passé." The King was said to "adore prints" and bought a total...
Cassius never did get his bike back. But six weeks later, he got in a ring with another twelve-year-old, a white boy, and beat him. Then he knew everything was going to be all right. The salesmen in the Cadillac showroom downtown got a big laugh at the little Negro, face pressed against the glass, gazing wistfully at the glittering cars inside. "All Cassius talked about was money-turning pro," says Martin. "At first, I didn't encourage him. A year later, though, you could see that little smart aleck had a lot of potential...
...everything turn to ashes in his mouth? No sirree. Another day, and Cassius was back home in Louisville, hurrying over to Standard Cadillac Co. to collect his reward. He rushed into the showroom, flung his arms high, and shouted: "Tomato-red Cadillac convertible, I am here!" Tomato-red Eldorado wasn't there, and there wasn't one in all of Louisville. But it will be, and in the meantime Cassius could console himself with his $13,500 out of the purse and $10,000 from the 38-city telecast...