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PERSONALITIES
Portrait of the Minister as a Salesman
Despite competitors, Doctor Norman Vincent Peale continues to reign as the country's most powerful mass-communications preacher
October
1
1957
MONROE FRY
Portrait of the Minister as a Salesman
MONROE FRY
October
1
1957
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PERSONALITIES
Portrait of the Minister as a Salesman
Despite competitors, Doctor Norman Vincent Peale continues to reign as the country's most powerful mass-communications preacher
October
1
1957
MONROE FRY
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