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Aureliano Segundo was so enthusiastic over the progress of his daughter that from a traveling salesman he bought a six-volume English encyclopedia with many color prints which Meme read in her spare time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
It was late afternoon, and the driver of the car, a middle-aged traveling salesman who shall here be known as Mr. Bell, was tired. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
And he knew that shepherds, like seamen and like traveling salesmen, always found a town where there was someone who could make them forget the joys of carefree wandering. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I learned there were children whose fathers were drunks, whose mothers were “bad,” whose sisters had run away with traveling salesmen, whose brothers had landed in prison. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
The gathering outside the Tribune included businessmen, clerks, traveling salesmen, stenographers, police officers, and at least one barber. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
In this strange room, which smells faintly of traveling salesmen, the clapping sounds like encouragement, even though it’s only praise for the lasagna that has come out of the oven. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Performed by A. P., a traveling salesman and inveterate impresario, his wife, Sara, and her cousin Maybelle, the tunes would prove indestructible. Review: Generations of Music by the Carter Family, Documented 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z
"That was really affecting in real life, the way they were like a traveling salesman or something." The Carpetbagger: 'Argo' and the Workaday C.I.A. Officer 2012-12-21T17:40:17Z
This is no time for a little local murder, if that’s all it is when a traveling salesman is shot dead with a Colt .45 pistol, the weapon of choice for American G.I.s. Missing Bodies, Missing Killers, Deadly Missed Opportunities 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z
“Death of a Salesman,” often regarded as one of the greatest American plays, is about a traveling salesman whose career, and mental state, are falling apart. Wendell Pierce to Star in ‘Death of a Salesman’ on Broadway 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z
Mr. Washington stars as Hickey, the traveling salesman who defies the regulars at Harry Hope’s flophouse to face up to their dissipated lives. 16 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z
Hickey, a charming traveling salesman, in this dark and poetic drama that unfolds in a Manhattan saloon. Denzel Washington to Star in ‘Iceman Cometh’ on Broadway 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z
He says he’s a traveling salesman, but soon he’s so smitten with Polly that — being an excellent cook — he takes a job there. Review | Laura Lippman’s ‘Sunburn’ is classic noir, with no shortage of sex and violence 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z
Gauguin followed her to Copenhagen in November 1884 to live in her relatives’ house, while supporting himself as a traveling salesman. Gauguin, Obsessive Chameleon 2010-10-01T14:33:00Z
The first so-called domestic white-noise machine may have been built in 1962, by a traveling salesman whose wife grew used to the air-conditioners in the motels they frequented and was unable to sleep at home. The Sound of Silence 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z
Mr. Waite’s campaign was handicapped by the fact he was appearing as Willie Loman, the tragic traveling salesman in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” in a New Jersey theater. Ralph Waite, Patriarch in TV Series ‘The Waltons,’ Dies at 85 2014-02-14T06:00:50Z
In “The Birds,” Hitchcock’s classic horror film about avian madness in a California town, he played a traveling salesman who advises, “Kill them all!” Joe Mantell Is Dead at 94; Played Sidekick in ?Marty? 2010-10-01T05:35:00Z
Plenty of Voices, Heard as One, Telling Stories Without Wavering The ghost of Julius Caesar appears on the road in front of a traveling salesman. Theater Review: ‘Soulographie: Our Genocides’ at La MaMa 2012-11-14T23:13:23Z
Her grandfather was 50 and a traveling salesman. Vagabond Lives: Happier Memories From Kathryn Harrison’s Childhood 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z
Ford’s parents brought him up in Jackson, Miss. Parker Ford was a traveling salesman for a starch company, Edna his on-the-road love and lover. Richard Ford’s new memoir, ‘Between Them: Remembering My Parents’ 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z
Parker was a traveling salesman, who without a “rich interior life” but with natural charm, seemed to find the profession best suited for him. Parents are people first — who may even love each other more than the kids 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z
Brent is now a traveling salesman pursuing his rock 'n' roll dreams with his band Foregone Conclusion. Ricky Gervais to return to 'The Office' for Netflix movie 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller’s classic drama about a traveling salesman, his wife and their two sons. L.A. theater openings, May 17-24: 'Andre & Dorine' and more 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z
He became a traveling salesmen and invented things, including a dry-cleaning machine, according to an essay she wrote in Time magazine in 2008. Judith Crist, Film Critic, Dies at 90 2012-08-07T16:35:14Z
The dangerous forest outside of town that is home to snarling beasts, a hungry witch and a particularly suspicious traveling salesman. Stormy Fairy Tales 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z
Salman Rushdie’s “Quichotte” is a retelling of “Don Quixote,” reworked so that its main character is a traveling salesman who drives across America. Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie on Booker Prize Shortlist 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z
The entrepreneur Luke Saunders started the company after years as a traveling salesman in the Midwest, where he said his only eating options were fast-food chains. A Vending Machine With Healthy Options 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z
His thriving company made the onetime traveling salesman a wealthy man and employed many, including subsequent generations of the Whitaker clan. What the saga of Chieftain Blue Sparks’s desk has to teach us 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z
Hanhardt's crew used meticulous planning and pinpoint timing to steal jewels from traveling salesmen, often when they would duck into a restaurant or a gas station. Cop turned thief released to halfway house 2011-07-20T02:34:00Z
The ad campaign was followed up by a nationwide network of traveling salesmen who visited potential buyers, signed them to a contract, collected the money and delivered the product. Emily Dickinson, British Abolitionism and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z
Yes, Yankovic did acquire his first accordion from a traveling salesman. ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Any Odd? He Beat It. 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z
Even tinkers and traveling salesmen tended to be familiar to their customers because they returned to the same routes. Design: Company Logos Aim for the Personal Touch 2011-06-13T08:00:06Z
Seen on Broadway in 2013, the musical tells of Edward Bloom, an Alabama-based traveling salesman prone to relating improbable yarns about his own past. Review | ‘Big Fish’ looks for the truth in a father-son relationship 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z
I would hang one if it could ward off Jesus’ traveling salesmen, but it doesn’t. I’m raising my kids atheist in a God-obsessed culture: How I learned to parent godless children 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z
I played around with the concepts of business and salesmen, and in my mind came the image of cards and a traveling salesman. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z
Set during the Depression, the coming-of-ager tells the story of a young boy left to look after himself after his mother is hospitalized and his father is on the road as a traveling salesman. Documentary examines Penn State in wake of Sandusky scandal 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z
For these traveling salesmen of make-believe, a hotel is home — an artificial, but for film folk natural, domestic domicile. Somewhere: Sofia Coppola's Hotel California 2010-09-05T17:20:00Z
It’s about a onetime traveling salesman who spins exaggerated yarns about his colorful past in small-town Alabama. 5 things to do this week in Phinney Ridge 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z
Nothing in his recent life as a traveling salesman and occasional boulevardier suggested much taste for hearty adventure. An Englishman’s Ill-Fated Quest to Climb the World’s Highest Mountain 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z
He kept it in the trunk and carried it every night into the motel room, looking for all the world like a traveling salesman. Fiction: “Double Take” by Jessica Francis Kane 2013-03-02T16:00:00Z
Early on, he worked for a traveling salesman and as a stock clerk for an overstock book firm. George Braziller, independent publisher who gave early boosts to literary greats, dies at 101 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z
Starring the Tony-nominated Denzel Washington as a traveling salesman haunted by death, this revival of Eugene O’Neill’s classic shutters its saloon. 7 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z
As a traveling salesman, Loren came home only on weekends. At 95, Dick Van Dyke is still the consummate showman. And he’s desperate to get back onstage. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z
Hickey, a traveling salesman and perennial life of the party, doesn’t make his entrance until nearly an hour into show. Review: In an Energized ‘Iceman,’ the Drinks are on Denzel 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z
Starring the Tony-nominated Denzel Washington as a traveling salesman haunted by death, the revival of Eugene O’Neill’s classic shutters its saloon. 11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z
Still, it was here where Mr. Kern was introduced to epoxies that were left as samples by traveling salesmen. At 84, an Artist Tries Something New: Displaying His Work 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z
It describes the final hours of Willy, a traveling salesman flummoxed by the downward trajectory of his life and his livelihood. Review: ‘Death of a Salesman,’ Diluted by Too Many Experiments 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z
In my own childhood home, my father, a traveling salesman, listened only to news radio, mostly for traffic updates. From Our Children: Retreating to Memory With a Song 2012-09-25T15:15:07Z
At its heart is Jack, a traveling salesman played by Billy Crudup who sells condos on the moon — sorry, “lunar residencies” — to those disappointed with life on Earth. Hope, robots and Billy Crudup power series ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z
His father was a traveling salesman who later worked for Kellogg’s, and his mother was a homemaker. Clayton Jacobson II, a jet-ski pioneer, dies at 88 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z
Like Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller was born in 1839 of modest means, with a frequently absent traveling salesman of a father who sold medicinal elixirs and other wares. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z
So to use gendered language, scheduling is the classic “traveling salesman” problem—how do you optimize a bunch of different “stops” to form a route? Meet the Woman Who Makes the James Webb Space Telescope Work 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z
Thus, the idea of the traveling salesman Hill swindling the locals into investing in a boys’ marching band, with the intent of skipping town before teaching them a note, held up as well. Olney Theatre reimagines ‘The Music Man’ with a deaf Harold Hill 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z
Detractors compared Seattle to an episode of The Simpsons in which a traveling salesman pitched a rickety monorail to the fictional town of Springfield. Seattle Center Monorail celebrates 60 years 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z
This Professor Hill seems less a traveling salesman than a song-and-dance man on a second-class national tour. Review | Hugh Jackman sings, dances and still misses the mark in a cartoonish ‘Music Man’ 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z
The inspirational Williams went from being a traveling salesman to the longest-serving team boss in the sport’s history, and he was knighted in 1999. F1 unites in memory of the inspirational Frank Williams 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z
His father was a traveling salesman, but his parents divorced when he was in middle school. Meet Mike Bohn, the man tasked with resurrecting USC football with one perfect hire 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z
Yet the challenges facing Mr. Biden — who, as President Barack Obama’s vice president a decade ago, had some success serving as a traveling salesman for the stimulus and health care bills — are formidable. Biden Got His Infrastructure Bill. Now He Has to Sell It to Voters. 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z
For example, it gave a new look to optimization questions, such as the traveling salesman problem, and the science of neural connections. Why the Physics Nobel Honored Climate Science and Complex Systems 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z
Often when you’re speaking to computer scientists, the traveling salesman problem will come up. Google search’s next phase: context is king 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z
One famous NP-hard problem involves a traveling salesman seeking the shortest route between many cities. Talking to My Daughter Can Be Harder Than Learning Quantum Mechanics 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z
A cop trying to shoot one of them missed and wounded a traveling salesman in the leg. Runaway animals are as L.A. as car chases. Here's why they make headlines 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z
But the Kentucky native turned out to be perfect as Jensen because he conjured just the right mix of traveling salesman and evangelical minister. Opinion | Six minutes from a 1976 film, still relevant today 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z
He was 15 when his father, a traveling salesman of filtration products, died. Ned Beatty, versatile and prolific actor of stage and screen, dies at 83 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z
The funny thing about the traveling salesman problem is that nobody seems to stop and ask what exactly is in the case, what is he showing all his customers as he goes door to door? Google search’s next phase: context is king 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z
Ironically, coming up with a time-saving itinerary is easy compared to other problems that the traveling salesman might face. Talking to My Daughter Can Be Harder Than Learning Quantum Mechanics 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z
Mr. Cronk, a traveling salesman, went viral after testing positive in November and recounting his story of being infected while traveling for work to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Positive Coronavirus Test? Canadians Worry Their Neighbors Will Find Out 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z
According to Arendt, Eichmann was haunted by the desire never to return to the humdrum life of a traveling salesman for the Vacuum Oil Company that he once occupied before joining the German government. What reckoning for Trump collaborators? None: The historical amnesia is already here 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z
His father, who fled Jewish pogroms in Lithuania, was a traveling salesman. Ronald Harwood, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘The Pianist,’ dies at 85 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z
In the premiere a traveling salesman uses his cellphone to document paranormal behavior. What's on TV Saturday: Sunday Talk shows: 'Hotel Paranormal' 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z
Like most of us, the traveling salesman wants to believe he is a good person, but what does that even mean? Talking to My Daughter Can Be Harder Than Learning Quantum Mechanics 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z
After a month off relaxing, Jackson got a job in construction before working as a traveling salesman for then-Sears Roebuck and Co. Beloit WWII veteran remembers time aboard U.S.S. Missouri 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z
Visitors ranged from political and business leaders to Civil War veterans and 3,000 traveling salesmen. Biden campaigns from his basement. Harding ran for president from his porch. 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z
His father was a traveling salesman, his mother a secretary. A.E. Hotchner, author with a gift for famous friendships, dies at 102 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z
Showing mostly art that could fit in a suitcase, the aura of traveling salesmen lent added charm. Review: Frieze? Please. Try the upstart Felix art fair at the Hollywood Roosevelt 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z
The famous play Death of a Salesman explores the moral dilemmas of a traveling salesman. Talking to My Daughter Can Be Harder Than Learning Quantum Mechanics 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z
His father was a traveling salesmen and auto mechanic who moved the family to California and later New Mexico, where Bernie attended school on a Navajo reservation. Bernard Ebbers, WorldCom CEO convicted in historic fraud scandal, dies at 78 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z
Three daffy but daring traveling salesmen become unlikely heroes when they offer assistance in thwarting a gang of would-be robbers. Movies on TV this week Sept. 15, 2019: 'Alien,' 'Aliens' and more 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z
He found comfort in books that his mother bought from a traveling salesman when he was 12. Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize-winning master of sweeping historical fiction, dies at 103 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z
A traveling salesman sold his family the entire works of Mark Twain, who became Wouk’s favorite writer, no matter how irreverent on matters of faith. ‘Caine Mutiny,’ ‘Winds of War’ author Herman Wouk has died 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z
A brain chip might help the traveling salesman plan his itinerary, but it won’t tell him how to be a good husband and father, or how to avoid acting like a sexist or racist. Talking to My Daughter Can Be Harder Than Learning Quantum Mechanics 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z
His father was a traveling salesman, and the family moved frequently before settling in Houston, where his parents ran a diner. Gene Wolfe, science-fiction writer with a literary touch, dies at 87 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z
Richardson’s traveling salesmen would post ads on barns, trees and automobiles. For many Latinos, memories of Vicks VapoRub are as strong as the scent of eucalyptus 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z
In “Fish Night,” a pair of traveling salesmen encounter a surreal ocean in the desert; in “The Dump,” a man protects his junkyard home from a city official. Many of the short stories that inspired Love, Death + Robots are free online 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z
Like a traveling salesman, he sought out clients near and far, selling dreams of prosperous futures. ‘Pied Piper’ of College Admissions Scam Had All the Answers 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z
His father was a traveling salesman for the United States Shoe Machinery Corporation, and his mother once ran a Quaker meeting in Boston’s Back Bay. Lyndon LaRouche, Cult Figure Who Ran for President 8 Times, Dies at 96 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z
McArthur, now 67, moved to the Toronto area around 2000 and previously lived in a suburb where he was married, raised two children and worked as a traveling salesman of underwear and socks. Canada prosecutor: Serial killer staged photos of victims 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z
McArthur moved to the Toronto area around 2000 and previously lived in a suburb with his wife and two children, working as a traveling salesman of underwear and socks. Former landscaper, 67, pleads guilty to murders of eight men tied to Toronto's Gay Village 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z
His mother was a homemaker trained as an elementary school teacher, and much of his early childhood was spent on the road with her and his father, a traveling salesman. Roy Glauber, Nobel-winning physicist who applied quantum mechanics to optics, dies at 93 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z
The first domestic white-noise machine may have been built in 1962, by a traveling salesman whose wife grew used to the air-conditioners in the motels they frequented and was unable to sleep at home. How white noise helps you sleep 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z
Was it Bush’s predecessor, the son of an itinerant, alcoholic traveling salesman? George Bush, exceptionalist 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z
The tale, you might recall, involves an Alabama traveling salesman who’s remade his life into an elaborate mythology involving a witch, a giant, a werewolf and so forth. Review: A life told in tall tales; 'Big Fish' at the Chance Theater 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
You would not be like the traveling salesman in Franz Kafka's 1915 novella The Metamorphosis, who awakens to discover he has been transformed into a giant insect but still has human thoughts. Will Science Ever Solve the Mysteries of Consciousness, Free Will and God? 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z
Parker’s romance with crowd favorite Ado Annie is plagued by her father’s insistence that she marry a rakish traveling salesman. ‘Oklahoma!’ musical reigns 75 years later 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z
The first domestic white-noise machine may have been built by a traveling salesman whose wife grew used to the air-conditioners in the motels they frequented and was unable to sleep at home. How white noise helps you sleep 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z
The daughter of a traveling salesman, she grew up near Green Bay, Wis. Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore dead at 87 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z
He previously lived in a suburb of the city, where he was married, raised two children and worked as a traveling salesman of underwear and socks. Focus turns to missing in Canadian serial killer case 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z
Candacy Taylor, a writer who has catalogued sites in the Green Book that still exist, said Green distributed the guide through postal workers and traveling salesmen. Traveling while black: Why some Americans are afraid to explore their own country 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z
They write about a hapless traveling salesman, a fight over a bottle of wine, gambling, and power struggles among the lavish halls of the world’s casinos. 15 science fiction and fantasy books to read this December 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z
One man, a traveling salesman named Wikstrom, is a familiar figure in the Kaurismaki universe, a tired, middle-aged man whose life is going nowhere. 'The Other Side of Hope' is an offbeat Finnish refugee tale with a lot of heart 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z
By the 1970s, Mr. Burgess had largely retired from music and was working as a traveling salesman. Sonny Burgess, boisterous rockabilly singer, dies at 88 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z
Her father, a traveling salesman of ladies hats, was often away. Barbara Cook, luminous singer of Broadway stage, dies at 89 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z
Her father was a traveling salesman who sold hats; her mother worked for Southern Bell. Barbara Cook, acclaimed singer and actress, has died at 89 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z
As in the movie and Daniel Wallace’s source novel, the stage version centers on Edward Bloom, an Alabama traveling salesman whose tall tales both charm and infuriate his family, friends and neighbors. ‘Big Fish’: The magical movie spawned a musical that’s coming to D.C. 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z
Burns was a livestock auctioneer, traveling salesmen and agriculture news broadcaster. Former Sen. Conrad Burns to be interred at Arlington 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z
He was a traveling salesman, peddling laundry starch from a company car to the South, she his companion, pretty, lively and good with numbers. Richard Ford's memoir 'Between Them' captures the 'infinite remoteness' between us 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z
The homes that provide the rooms ring the Little Saigon district, becoming havens for all manner of people: foreign students and cafe singers; traveling salesmen and nostalgic military veterans. Behind Little Saigon's riches, the poor pack into small rooms to survive 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z
“It’s like being a traveling salesman and having the best possible sales market and telling your boss, ‘I’m not going to sell there.’ Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z
Upon returning to the United States, he became a traveling salesman for a dairy equipment supplier. 82-year-old elementary school volunteer makes kids smile 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z
Colbert Nembhard looked more like a traveling salesman than a librarian in his dark suit with his rolling suitcase on a recent Wednesday morning in the Bronx. A Bronx Librarian Keen on Teaching Homeless Children a Lasting Love of Books 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z
He is the traveling salesman that always promised the farm girl a new life. It Lives. Birtherism Is Diminished but Far From Dead. 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z
There he worked as a traveling salesman before enlisting in the Navy during World War II, Clinton writes in "Living History." Clinton hits Trump by recalling her father's business 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z
My grandfather was a simple man, a traveling salesman. My Grandfather Smuggled Drugs to Help My Grandmother 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z
Eventually he would go to work, again as a traveling salesman for what later became Stanley Bostitch, selling industrial nailing and stapling equipment. 82-year-old elementary school volunteer makes kids smile 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z
"David Brent: Life on the Road" features the former office boss as a traveling salesman now attempting to be a rock star with his band Foregone Conclusion. Awkward 'The Office' boss David Brent back in new movie 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z
One tent bore a sutler sign - the traveling salesmen of the time who followed soldiers to peddle provisions. Students explore Battle of Little Bighorn at cavalry school 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z
Albert met Harriet in The Dalles, Ore., while he was working as a traveling salesman of household goods for a Portland firm. A century later, a Capitol Hill showplace still stands 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z
The bustling home life coupled with a new position as a traveling salesman caused Folsom to miss his first game and two practices this season. Woodinville High searching for new boys basketball coach after Mark Folsom resigned 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z
You spend months as a traveling salesman, your mind is the product, and in the end the voters almost always buy something else. The Sad Sideshow of the Republican Undercard 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z
I saw on his face the smug, flattering smile of the traveling salesman in some random station bar who over a beer tells you how he got lucky. After the Circus by Patrick Modiano – extract 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z
And the number of signs for hotels, Acosta said, is evidence of the number of traveling salesmen who did business in Omaha. Love letters to the Omaha’s past 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z
That disconnect is depicted most sharply by one of the most striking characters in Negroland: Jefferson’s Uncle Lucius, a black man who passes for white and becomes a traveling salesman. Margo Jefferson: 'It’s too easy to recount unhappy memories when you write about race' 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z
Her father was a happy-go-lucky traveling salesman; her mother depressed and mentally ill. Traveling with feminist icon Gloria Steinem 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z
Mr. Tabois appeared to be a cross between a lethal traveling salesman and an overachieving ninja, a figure, either way, who was at odds with the beer-pong scene on that stretch of Bleecker. A Bleecker Street Salesman Dealing in Knives, Garrotes and Blowguns 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z
He was a traveling salesman for the Sunshine Biscuit Co. and laughed easily. Dick Van Dyke’s Funny Family 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z
Words slow when he talks about his restless childhood in Omaha, his disdain for school, his love of sports and not seeing much of his father, a World War II veteran and traveling salesman. In the company of Nick Nolte, master storyteller 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z
The object of the game is then to connect them not with a path that solves the traveling salesman problem but with one that visually resembles the target image. When the Mona Lisa Is NP-Hard 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z
His father was a traveling salesman who sold laundry starch throughout seven states. Richard Ford: Heart of the Country
There are other possible things in here too: everything from a traveling salesman getting a company provided car to employer matching of IRA savings and so on. Let's Try To Get Labor Statistics Right For The Labor Day Weekend 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z
His curiosity about tattoos was piqued by an uncle and a traveling salesman. Winston-Salem museum chronicles history of tattoos 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z
As for the alleged perpetrator, a 46-year-old traveling salesman who worked and lived in cities across Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, "he often looks back at the camera and even speaks", Kirkconnell said. Child rape case leaves mysteries after horrifying discovery in suspect's home 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z
He founded the company in 1910, when, as an 18-year-old traveling salesman, he arrived in Kansas City and started selling postcards out of two shoeboxes. Writing Mother's Day Cards at Hallmark: An Inside Look 2014-05-01T21:15:10Z
Fox had started life as an apprentice maker of boilers, then became a type of traveling salesman, touring the country and building his network of contacts in the shipping and rail industries. Henry Ford Gave Innovators The Wrong Message About The Value Of History. 2014-02-21T08:20:00Z
Mathematicians call this the "traveling salesman problem," in which scientists try to calculate the shortest possible route given a theoretical arrangement of cities. No GPS Needed: Bumblebees Find Their Own Flight Paths 2012-09-20T22:17:00Z
Her father was a traveling salesman for a department store. Florence Waren, Dancer Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 95 2012-08-05T01:14:32Z
Among the mysteries is who manufactured the cards, which were given away as promotional items by traveling salesmen. Ohio family finds treasure trove of baseball cards 2012-07-11T22:39:08Z
Nor had the publisher any traveling salesmen to show the book to dealers over the country. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z
Abe Glaser became a traveling salesman, and Robert enrolled at City College. Robert Glaser, Cognitive Psychologist and Expert on Student Testing, Dies at 91 2012-02-16T04:38:29Z
"It shows that bumblebees, with their diminutive 1 milligram brains, are capable of finding a nearly perfect solution to the traveling salesman problem, with relatively few attempts and in a relatively short time." No GPS Needed: Bumblebees Find Their Own Flight Paths 2012-09-20T22:17:00Z
The challenge in the traveling salesman problem is to find the shortest complete circuit of a bunch of cities that are different distances apart, visiting each of them only once. Wordplay Blog: Open Science, Numberplay style! 2012-01-17T05:48:05Z
From the hotel, a short distance away, two traveling salesmen, who had heretofore remained indoors, ventured to take a walk of investigation. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z
Before the war I was a traveling salesman in Mexico. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z
His family lived a peripatetic life; his father was a traveling salesman and, for a while, a bootlegger. Holden Withington, Last Living B-52 Designer, Dies at 94 2011-12-17T21:27:23Z
What about chauffeurs and traveling salesmen who spend their entire day on the road? Call for wider ban on drivers? use of cellphones has police pondering how they?d spot talkers 2011-12-16T00:11:52Z
This same statement applies to all traveling salesmen, and to a great percentage of middlemen. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z
His father was a traveling salesman of children’s apparel. Richard H. Kuh, Former Manhattan Prosecutor, Dies at 90 2011-11-19T03:49:35Z
You are a traveling salesman for Pierce, King & Co. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z
James' eye fell upon the names of two men, both described as traveling salesmen. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z
And after years of lonely struggle, she married a gruff traveling salesman and settled into a life of cooking, cleaning and raising three children. Dorothy Rodham, Mother of Hillary Clinton, Dies at 92 2011-11-01T16:04:03Z
But I’ll make sure that you will remember me, as the traveling salesman said to the landlady, when he ran away without paying for his board and lodging.” The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z
“Let me out—let me out!” came next, apparently from a big sample case a colored porter was carrying for a traveling salesman. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z
That he was a stranger—possibly a traveling salesman, or “drummer”—perhaps a mining man, she believed, if she thought of him at all. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z
Her father was a traveling salesman in conveyor belts for factories. Betty Ford, Former First Lady, Dies at 93 2011-07-09T01:43:50Z
Long-term marriages rank with fools, barflies and traveling salesmen as a classic butt of American jokes. Maria Shriver files to divorce Schwarzenegger 2011-07-02T12:37:26Z
An equally unconscionable and characteristic incident is the following: A young traveling salesman was assured that an inmate was free from disease and a medical certificate stating this fact was shown to him. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z
One of the officers said he had seen the two strangers with the tool-bag, but had put them down for traveling salesmen visiting Crumville on business. Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z
—In a deuce of a mess if traveling salesmen did not call. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z
They were particularly interested in the discomfiture of a fat traveling salesman who came puffing up on the platform, a suitcase in each hand, just in time to see the train depart. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z
As the other traveling salesmen say of the flim-flam artist Harold Hill in the opening scene of “The Music Man,” the FCC doesn’t know the territory. FCC Mandates Data Roaming, But They (Still) Don't Know the Territory 2011-05-05T07:49:47Z
But how could a blind man be a traveling salesman? Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z
They had taken the tool-bag with its contents with them and also another small valise, belonging to one of Mr. Wadsworth’s traveling salesmen. Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z
"Good Heavens," I said, "it never dawned on me that any traveling salesman wouldn't be only too tickled to do business with anybody he could!" Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z
"It's a shame! a shame!" howled the traveling salesman, as he threw his suitcases down in disgust. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z
He didn’t see much of his father, a traveling salesman with an inconsistent income, but was close to his mother, who took in laundry and scrubbed floors to help make ends meet. The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday 2011-03-04T05:00:00Z
After a long conversation with the big grocer, she extracted from him a promise to try Philippe as a traveling salesman. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z
He was the traveling salesman who delivered the goods. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z
That little experience gave me a lot of sympathy for traveling salesmen, and also made me realize that those salesmen who called on me were bigger men than I was. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z
Mr. Nilekani became a traveling salesman for the project, taking a PowerPoint presentation on the road and making the case for unique IDs with government agencies and regulators across the country. India Launches Project to ID 1.2 Billion People 2010-09-29T01:33:00Z
He is the traveling salesman, the thought leader, the motivational speaker. Can GE Still Manage? 2010-04-15T21:00:00Z
Why could not he be a traveling salesman? Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z
Two well-known examples are the traveling salesman problem, involving the most efficient route between cities, and the protein folding problem, which predicts the shape of a biological molecule. Computing's Killer Problem 2010-03-11T11:00:00Z
Years ago I was a traveling salesman and my turf was most of Asia. How To Beat Airline Fees 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z
Actors ages 12 to 18 perform the tale of the unscrupulous traveling salesman who tries to fleece the residents of a small town. 2010-01-08T05:00:00Z
It is found among public officials, where it is particularized as grafting, and it is found among store buyers, purchasing agents, traveling salesmen and the like, and takes the form of splitting commissions. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America
I have handled many things in the course of my ten years' experience as a traveling salesman, but this chart is the most satisfactory invention of all. Clover and Blue Grass
Merchandise was supplied by traveling salesmen from England who took their loaded ships from creek to creek. A History of the Town of Fairfax
George Roth, for all he was a traveling salesman, was a man of considerable determination. The "Genius"
Approach five people and say "A traveling salesman," each will tell you that the picture this conjures in his imagination is of a fat, round, roly-poly, good natured, pretty clever man whom everybody likes. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types
The Tennessee law was adopted upon the especial solicitation of the traveling salesmen of the State. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America
The Wholesale Salesman The traveling salesman is probably the most effective agency in securing the retailer's orders for coffee. All About Coffee
Mary's father was a traveling salesman for a large furniture manufactory, and spent the greater part of his time on the road. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore
“We have a number of strangers stopping in town, mostly traveling salesmen,” announced the chief of police. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up
All the world knows what a "hard life" the traveling salesman leads and how he misses "the wife, the kids and the good home cooking." How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types
When I grew older, I met a great number of business men—some of whom were my father’s traveling salesmen. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall
"He is a traveling salesman," was the answer. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch
Janice had noticed only the two traveling salesmen; but she made no comment. The Mission of Janice Day
Two or three well dressed men looked as though they might be traveling salesmen. The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers
Her husband had been a traveling salesman—sometimes he made eighty-five dollars a week. Working With the Working Woman
A traveling salesman, whose baggage had been looted in Medora, swore out a warrant in Morton County, a hundred and fifty miles to the east. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
Short, round, young, blonde, good looking and bald—as what St. Louis man past thirty is not? he rejoiced in the agreeable calling of a traveling salesman. At Fault
The Gideons, an organization among traveling salesmen, are endeavoring to place a copy of the Bible in every bedroom of all the public hotels in the United States. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy
The fidelity with which these stories describe the life of a traveling salesman show that Miss Ferber knew her subject through and through before she began to write. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
Generally speaking, also, the man who is resident in a place entertains the one who is visiting, but there are infinite exceptions to this as well, especially in the case of traveling salesman. The Book of Business Etiquette
"He's been good to me," she said, and told of the experience with the traveling salesman on the stage. Oh, You Tex!
I tried several positions and am now a traveling salesman for a large carpet house. The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall
Mr. Pierrepont has been promoted to the position of traveling salesman for the house, and has started out on the road. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy."
The best presentation of the traveling salesman in fiction is found in the stories of Edna Ferber. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
The atmosphere of the Paris Conference was more like that of a convention of traveling salesmen. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times.
Somewhere far off a dog barked and somewhere near at hand a traveling salesman snored. The Tyranny of Weakness
And what did she do—married a traveling salesman and built a tony brick house. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
I'm a traveling salesman for a Chicago house; and, like you, I intend to rest up for a couple of weeks and see the Fair. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs
What have you learned in this story about the life of a traveling salesman? Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
He is not an officer—a bank clerk, I think, or possibly a traveling salesman. Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field
I have seen him twice, and I took him to be a traveling salesman—as he doubtless intended I should. Branded
Two or three traveling salesmen had been marooned here, but since the beginning of this saturnalia they had not been in evidence beyond the thresholds of their own rooms. A Pagan of the Hills
"Yes, and you are Tom Shocker, the traveling salesman." Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret
Everman proceeded directly to the hotel upon his arrival, and quickly announced himself as a traveling salesman from a neighboring city. The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives
Chamberlain, having once adopted the role of a garrulous traveling salesman, followed it up with zest. The Stolen Singer
The quick wit of a traveling salesman, who has since become a well-known proprietor, was severely tested one day. Best Short Stories
"Orders Is Orders" One of the traveling salesmen breezed back from a short trip. More Toasts
"Right you are—but I'm not a traveling salesman any longer," answered Tom Shocker, and gave a short laugh. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret
He stated that he was a merchant, doing business in Newtonsville, and that he was in the habit of purchasing his goods from various traveling salesmen who represented Chicago houses. The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives
Bridget's daughter has left the kitchen and is a school teacher, a stenographer, a saleswoman, a milliner, or a dressmaker; her son is a clerk, a bookkeeper, a traveling salesman, or a foreman. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making
A couple of traveling salesmen had 'em out all the forenoon, and these drummers drive like blue blazes; and it's a mean pull through to Wenatchee. The Rim of the Desert
With but three minutes to catch his train, the traveling salesman inquired of the street-car conductor, "Can't you go faster than this?" More Toasts
She's got to go to Europe for the summer, because the traveling salesmen she meets at home ain't good enough for her. Every Soul Hath Its Song
I'm a traveling salesman for the Haynes Sporting Goods Company, one of the biggest baseball outfitting companies in this part of the country. The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics
For two years I have been a traveling salesman. Analyzing Character
One of them happened to be a traveling salesman from New York, who, when his turn came, fished out $200, but rapidly took $4 from the pile and placed it in his vest pocket. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations
"Yes," he replied, with a smile, "I am a crackerjack traveling salesman." More Toasts
He indulges in the persiflage of a traveling salesman! Barks and Purrs
During pauses in dictation she had a way of peering near-sightedly over her glasses at the dapper, well-dressed traveling salesman who was rolling off the items on his sale bill. Stories from Everybody's Magazine
Carol thought she heard a grunt from the traveling salesman at the end of the table, and Kennicott's jerking elbow was a grunt embodied. Main Street
The quick wit of a traveling salesman who has since become a well-known merchant was severely tested one day. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations
"You never can tell," said a traveling salesman. More Toasts
In other words, you will be a traveling salesman or drummer. Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience
He had at different times been an auctioneer, a book-agent, a schoolmaster, and a traveling salesman. Joe the Hotel Boy
"Oh——" Aware that the traveling salesman had murmured, "Dentistry," she desperately hazarded, "Architecture." Main Street
The wholesale grocery trade liked Platt, and he had for his customers the fondness that a traveling salesman has who is successful in his territory. One Basket
In Cowley & Son's store a Jewish traveling salesman stood by the counter talking to his father. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life
During pauses in dictation she had a way of peering near-sightedly, over her glasses at the dapper, well-dressed traveling salesman who was rolling off the items on his sale bill. Buttered Side Down: Stories
He was a large, florid man, wore a conspicuous diamond solitaire upon his third finger, and Everett judged him to be a traveling salesman of some sort. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories
It was their romance; their only mystery besides mass at the Catholic Church; and from the trains came lords of the outer world—traveling salesmen with piping on their waistcoats, and visiting cousins from Milwaukee. Main Street
But being a traveling salesman, Mr. Gordon often had to be away from home for weeks at a time. The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island
He might have been an artisan, a small clerk, or a traveling salesman routed through the country towns. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California
There were five men seated there, all of them well-dressed and prosperous-looking traveling salesmen, who had arrived that morning. The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand
Her brother was a traveling salesman and spent a good deal of time away from home. Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories
Sure of itself, it bullies other civilizations, as a traveling salesman in a brown derby conquers the wisdom of China and tacks advertisements of cigarettes over arches for centuries dedicate to the sayings of Confucius. Main Street
They had loaned him money, and he had gotten a position as a traveling salesman for a large wholesale house. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong
He had made several stops on the way home on business—he was a traveling salesman—and that was how they had passed him on the road. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way
Now and then a traveling salesman stopped there, though not many. The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand
Her brother, the traveling salesman, and his wife had talked half wearily through the long evenings she had spent with them in their apartment. Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories
Probably he was a traveling salesman who sang tenor and fancied himself in imitations of Newport clothes and spoke of "the swellest business proposition that ever came down the pike." Main Street
The young traveling salesman stopped in some confusion. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong
He thought the traveling salesman should have friendly companionship, and the commercial dinner with its frank discussions and good-fellowship would in degree compensate for the lack of home. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers
His peculiar opinion of traveling salesmen was not his only peculiarity. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road"
To the position of traveling salesman attach independence, dignity, opportunity, substantial reward. Tales of the Road
She could not face the traveling salesmen, baronial in large leather chairs. Main Street
The newcomer was very neighborly, explaining that her husband was a traveling salesman, and that she was alone for weeks at a time. Constance Dunlap
But Burke was down on the passenger-list as, and had assumed the role of, a traveling salesman for a mythical novelty- house in Chicago. The Treasure-Train
No man should greet a letter with more welcome than a traveling salesman. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road"
He said he was merely out traveling for his health and to look over the country with a view to placing a traveling salesman on the territory. Tales of the Road
And if these traveling salesmen would let her alone she would be all right, though I certainly don't believe she ought to be allowed to think she can pull the wool over our eyes. Main Street
"I will," returned the young traveling salesman, and hurried out on the street again. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor
"I've got something of an offer to go on the road as a traveling salesman for the Consolidated Cream Cracker Company," was the answer. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds
A traveling salesman appeared to be giving a manufacturer some good advice. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road"
As a traveling salesman he will succeed quickly or not at all. Tales of the Road
He lures the wage of the poor; clerks, bookkeepers, traveling salesmen, laborers, college boys, men who drink too much of a Saturday night, all these come to the net. Half a Rogue
They had set him on his feet, and he had gotten a position as a traveling salesman, and now he counted the Rovers his best friends, and was willing to do anything for them. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor
As soon as the trial was over Barton Pelter returned to the Middle West, where he did fairly well as a traveling salesman for the cracker company. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds
Occasionally a traveling salesman meets at the hotel or on the train the head of some large house, who is making a trip for special reasons of his own. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road"
Seldom a day passes that the traveling salesman does not loosen his purse strings for some one in want—no, not that; he carries his money in his vest pocket. Tales of the Road
These bills were of the sales made in the house itself the day before, and those sent by mail from the traveling salesmen, and were accompanied by duplicate bills, on thin yellow sheets. Saturday's Child
And drawing back, the young traveling salesman hit Japson a blow on the chin that bowled the broker over like a tenpin. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor
"He said he had a chance of a position as a traveling salesman." The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds
And I can call your attention to this: these advertisements, these shrewd ones, are always written by men who have been traveling salesmen. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road"
They were very black and very frizzled, and had been bought at a reduced price from a traveling salesman some ten years before. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
"Why ought I to be glad I'm not a traveling salesman?" The Portygee
Many people find telephone conversations more convenient than personal interviews, and it is every day displacing the stenographer and the traveling salesman. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry
I vaguely longed to flee from myself There was plenty to do in the shop and all sorts of outside appointments to keep, not to speak of my brief trips as traveling salesman. The Rise of David Levinsky
By the way," he added, "did your niece tell you of her experience with that traveling salesman the other day, the fellow selling Christmas novelties? Mary-'Gusta
A casual student of human nature would have guessed him to be a traveling salesman, finely equipped with nerve and with confidence in his own goods. Further Adventures of Lad
"You must be awfully glad you're not a traveling salesman," she said demurely. The Portygee
She knew the type, the sort that set an entire village by the ears and in the end left home and husband and ran away with a traveling salesman. A Poor Wise Man
For years the writer has been a traveling salesman, occupying positions of trust and responsibility. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
Good morning, Mr. Doe, say, I heard a good story from a traveling salesman last night. Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises
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