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abbreviations adjective adver advertising Amberg appeal asked Avenue bill booklet business letter called capitalized catalog clauses color comma commodity Company complimentary closing construction copy customers Dear dependent clauses Dictaphone dollars editorial envelope expression filing firm give headline hyphen illustration indicate insert interest John Wanamaker kind Ladies Home Journal lines LORD and TAYLOR Madam magazine manager manufacturer Market Streets Philadelphia marks matter means ment merchandise newspaper noun paragraph person phrases plural printed PROBLEMS SECTION pronoun prospect publication punctuation purpose reference reply RIGHT Roebuck and Company Roman numeral rule sales letter sales literature sales talk salesman school paper sell sold sometimes story Street style suffixes tell tences thing tion topic sentence truly usually verb Victrola Woolworth words writing written WRONG York City
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Page 425 - CD, of &.C., my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, place, and stead, to...
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Page 418 - ... that if the said premises, or any part thereof, shall become vacant during the said term, the said party of the first part may re-enter the same, by either force or otherwise, without being liable to any prosecution therefor, and re-let the said premises as the agent of the said party of the second part, and receive the rent thereof, applying...
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Page 422 - And it is agreed, by and between the said parties, that there shall be had and kept at all times during the continuance of their copartnership, perfect, just, and true books of account, wherein each of the said copartners shall enter and set down, as well all money by them or either of them received, paid, laid out, and expended, in and about the said business, as also all goods, wares...
Page 422 - And also, that they shall and will at all times during the said copartnership, bear, pay, and discharge equally between them, all rents and other expenses that may be required for the support and management of the said business...