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Floyd B. Odium, who have been dickering over Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp., last week came to terms.

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Exhibited in Manhattan, the crown was appraised at $4,500,000 by its new owners, who have been dickering for it since 1914 when Pope Pius X gave permission for the sale.

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The two sides have been dickering for years over opening new consulates, but the recent wave of spy scandals in the U.S. has increased FBI concerns about Soviet diplomatic offices' providing cover for KGB agents.

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Some have been dickering with the staff of Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski in hopes of exchanging their knowledge for relatively light charges.

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Ever since then Egyptians and Persians have been dickering over a suitable divorce settlement for Fawzia.

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