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If the deal did not surprise the directors, who had known that Roach was dickering, it did surprise the West Coast.

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Moscow was dickering with West Germany for 250,000 tons of flour.

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At one time McCarthy had tried to settle the debt for $25,000, but while Dresser was dickering.

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While Penney minded the store, his company was dickering to buy Aldens, Inc., a Chicago-based mail-order house and discount chain with 1960 sales of $126 million.

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Miss Landis was dickering with Cottier’s for the necklace, Ismay sticking round and not losing sight of her much of the time, I was looking after Ismay.

From The Bandbox by Vance, Louis Joseph