Word: bargaining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Davis' Work. But while his Washington life is perhaps comfortable enough to Elmer Davis, the U.S. has had the bad end of the bargain. In place of a voice that nightly made things sound clear, plain, sensible and always reassuring for five warming minutes, they got an Administrator, lost in the fog of Washington...
Wall Street was not rejoicing over this boom in bad bargains. Such buying troubles brokers: it takes little account of intrinsic values. Further, the dogs-once they get out of line-almost invariably fall faster than they rise. As market fluctuations go, cash-&-carry buying itself is safer than margin buying by unsophisticated bargain hunters-though smart-money margin buyers often tend to stabilize the market. But traditionally the cash buyer is the same little fellow who would rather have 100 bad shares at 2 than four good ones at 50. And brokers have an old maxim: the time...
Gimbels' Bargain Basement looked festive. The counters were gone, the merchandise out of sight. Between the mirrored pillars long tables were set for midnight supper: hot dogs, doughnuts, popcorn, coffee. Some 750 New Yorkers were there to bid, with war bond pledges, on such precious items as Thomas Jefferson's Bible, a letter written by George Washington...
...perceptive young woman named Edna Skinner, actress, radio commentator, fashion model, now a member of the A.W.V.S., heard that Mr. Klorfein had bought $500,000 worth of war bonds recently during a trip to Florida. She thought it would be fine if he could double that in Gimbels' Bargain Basement. Julius Klorfein agreed...
...cannot be referred to as "exciting," "glamorous," "exotic." Such extravagantly worded expressions as "Definitely a Must-Have For Your Wardrobe" and "Blessed Foot-Bliss in Superbly Styled Slippers" are forbidden. Even such shopworn lures as "latest fashion" and "new spring style" are out-women shoppers still find them irresistible. Bargain sales may not be advertised...