Word: spieled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Prospects. In Bloomfield, Conn., fast-talking Real Estate Broker Thomas J. Larkin finished his spiel about the house, wrapped up the deal in the living room while firemen were extinguishing a blaze in the basement...
...census taker quickly printed his spiel on cards.) And probably the easiest count took place at the White House, where the head of the household informed the census taker that the place was regularly occupied (not owned or rented) by himself, his wife and her maid (all white), and that the house has running water, a flush toilet, and 132 rooms...
This baffling exhortation is part of the caller's spiel for a new dance known as "the Madison." Deejays and pressagents argue endlessly about whether its name derives from the familiar avenue in the Negro section of Baltimore, a Detroit ballroom, or a bar in Cleveland, but whatever its origin, the Madison was showing signs last week of developing into the biggest dance craze since the Big Apple...