Word: reaps
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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From carnivals, boardwalks, county fairs and street corners across the U.S. the glib salesmen known as "pitchmen" were rushing into television. In the New York area alone, TV pitchmen expect to reap a $10 million harvest this year. This week Manhattan Adman Harold Kaye will have nearly 20 of his pitchmen doing more than 130 hours of solid selling on TV, hawking such merchandise as $1 card tricks, electric irons, luminous Christmas tree ornaments, infrared-ray broilers, talking dolls, $39.95 wristwatches (on "easy, generous terms...
Sophomore Bill Teachout and Bill Rack are the other probable starters. Teacheault is five-foot-seven, and Rack is three inches taller. One letterman, Jim Reap, will be on the Wesleyan bench, which is composed entirely of sophomores and juniors...
Much of this progress is due to increased technological skill. By the end of the '30s, the Russians were learning new industrial techniques fast, were just about to reap a modest harvest by the time they switched over to total war production. After the German attack in 1941, thousands of Russian technicians went to the U.S., worked in U.S. factories, took home invaluable industry know-how. The 1940-49 figures show in part how the new knowledge paid...
Freshmen will have their first chance to reap the intellectual professional, and social advantages of editorship on the CRIMSON when competitions for all Crime boards open to the men of 1954 on Wednesday. Juniors and sophomores are also invited...
...trade was brisk, her U.S. dollar reserves mounting to a record high. The Canadian dollar was obviously worth more than its quoted price of 90? U.S., and revaluation seemed certain. If it should be hiked to its old par value of 100 U.S. cents, an investor would stand to reap a quick 10% profit...