Cut Down Needless Phone Call Waste
Sylvia Porter reports on the scale of telemarketing waste and rewards. The piece cites 7 million daily respondents and 460000 buyers, with 60 dollar average purchases, plus 4 billion business calls, and offers practical scripts, timing, and listening tips to improve phone selling efficiency.
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New York
America
U.S
Murray Roman
Campaign Communications Institute of America, Inc
McGraw-Hill
Roman
Plains Dirt A Louisville man sells dirt from Plains Georgia
Robert Pentecost of Louisville lists dirt from Plains Georgia Carter's hometown at three dollars per cubic inch. The item highlights local land and regional curiosity as a novelty purchase.
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Robert Pentecost
Louisville
Plains
Georgia
Carter
Bridge bidding misstep leads to top diamond ruse
South tries an 18 19 point notrump show at matchpoints with Blackwood style forward motion. West opens deuce with six spades and the lead to nine top tricks becomes a dance of finesses and four cash diamonds turning the table.
Bridge hand record with vulnerability East West
East West vulnerable with aQJ in East and aJ9 in South, bidding context unclear, cards show 764 in South and 10983 in North. West holds a Q7 4 3 and partner unknown.
Kansans Face Death Threats Over Iran Secrets
A University of Kansas professor and a student newspaper reporter received telephoned death threats after publishing allegations about Iran's secret police. The university and police probe the threats and a charge from the Iranian Students Assn alleging an SAVAK agent operates on campus and beat a member. Kambiz Ziban, a Tehran special student, declined to comment.
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Lawrence, Kan
UPI
University of Kansas
Assn
Iran
VAK
Delbert Shankel
Kambiz Ziban
Tehran
Bridge bidding inquiry on force and responses
A reader asks about a Nebraska club hand where South must lead a club or heart and West wins four spades. The discussion explains that in modern expert bidding a sequence club pass one spade pass two hearts is treated as a one round force, though many systems view it as very strong but not forcing.
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South
West
Nebraska
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Annette Murray
Mingoville
By Sylvia Porter
Pect
Field Enterprises, Inc
Ind Daz
Blackwood
Ays
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Killians
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
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