1. Was this all just a matter of runaway credulity, mass hysteria,(Sentencedict.com) or overwrought salesmanship?

2. Mass production meant finding new methods of selling,[http://Sentencedict.com] and manufacturers like Ford encouraged high pressure salesmanship.

3. brinkmanship (n.) also Brinksmanship (with unetymological -s-), 1956, a construction based on salesmanship, sportsmanship, etc.; from brink (n.)

4. Oh, you are so right, and thanks to your smooth salesmanship and your silver tongue, I'm completely sold.

5. Brinkmanship (n.) also Brinksmanship (with unetymological -s-), 1956, a construction based on salesmanship, sportsmanship, etc.; from brink (n.)

6. Brinkmanship (n.) also brinksmanship (with unetymological -s-), 1956, a construction based on salesmanship, sportsmanship, etc.; from brink (n.)

7. 26 But in her writing and speeches Shaughnessy did not dwell on this problem; perhaps that was a necessary part of salesmanship.