Word: sell
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...that specialize in such Indian artifacts as beads, bandannas, belts, jewelry and even earrings of mallard, quail and pheasant feathers (available at Manhattan's Tepee Town for only $3.98). The most sought-after cowhide moccasins, by Minnetonka of Minneapolis, cost less than $20 at most American stores but sell for $60 in Paris. (They will be available in four colors this fall.) On the other hand, ceremonial leather shirts copied from traditional tribal garb and laced together with abalone shells, deer teeth and ermine tails, are priced as high as $1,800 in the U.S. Cutter Bill Western World...
...troubles were reflective of the whole auto industry's. The company sold 41% fewer cars domestically in the second quarter this year than last, when it earned $1.2 billion. And few of the autos it was able to sell were the big option-laden models that produce the highest profits. Finally, the firm spent an estimated $2 billion in the last quarter on development of its new fuel-efficient fleet...
DIED. Benjamin B. Selvin, 82, long-playing bandleader and record company executive, who made or produced more discs-some 9,000 titles-than anyone else; in Roslyn, N.Y. Dardanella, a heavy-beat foxtrot that Selvin recorded in 1919, was the first disc to sell 1 million copies. He helped launch many stars, overseeing Bing Crosby's first solo recording; during one instrumental break, Selvin recalled, "I suggested that Crosby whistle. He's been whistling ever since...
Horse specializes in conning his friends, trading his superb drumming talent for money and favors. Unhappy with life as a studio musician, he buys a motorcycle in order to sell records to shops in Kingston. When Mafia hoods steal his bike, then beat him, Horse decides it's time to exact revenge from rich Mr. Big, who happens to have a beautiful daughter named Sunshine. It's all very silly, of course, and it concludes with the same moral as any Robin Hood fable...
None of these Franco-American producers plans to sell his California quaff in Europe. Steven Spurrier, owner of the Paris wine school L'Académie du Vin, believes that to be a wise decision. Says he: "Moēt would be crazy to import Chandon Brut into France. In my opinion it is much better than their own Moēt et Chandon. They would be competing against themselves with a better-tasting wine at a better price...