51.   But the new sales pitch seems to be working.

52.   But Thompson, a genteel Southerner who also happens to be a veteran marketing man, had his sales pitch ready.

53.   But those sales pitches masquerading as warm, fuzzy greetings from a pal are piercing the psychological armor.

54.   But toward the bottom, the tone seems to change to a sales pitch.

55.   But when the big sales pitch became the ease of logging onto the Internet, then they moved onto the turf of the Internet service providers.

56.   But they might have the fastest, slickest and most-image savvy sales pitch.

57.   But, without the looming specter of poverty that pervades some islands, shoppers are spared high-pressure sales pitches and open palms.

58.   But, he said, many people respond favorably to the recorded sales pitches.

59.   Can you imagine being able to take a test drive without getting a sales pitch?

60.   Call it the death of a sales pitch.