But large or small, surplus space is a perishable commodity.

People don't realize that red blood cells are perishable commodities.

Most perishable commodities may be used by the divisions that come across them.

Popularity is a perishable commodity, a tissue of minutes and days.

They're what you might call a perishable commodity.

For perishable commodities, price differences between near and far delivery are not a contango.

"The table and chair - that's our most perishable commodity," Nieporent says.

In a one-off-data-gathering exercise the results are a highly perishable commodity; they date immediately.

Advertising time and space is a perishable commodity.

These systems utilize the information to provide reliable and protected services to shippers of perishable commodities.

Fresh faces are a particularly perishable commodity.

The consumers get the supply of perishable commodities with lower fluctuation of prices.

But both games also thrive on a sense of expectation, possibility and style, all of which are highly perishable commodities.

This has delighted dairy farmers, who have faced a shrinking market for fluid milk, a far more perishable commodity.

"Transportation is a perishable commodity," he said.

Fish is a highly perishable commodity.

Airline seats are a perishable commodity.

We're selling a very perishable commodity."

Some raw materials and perishable commodities such as food and cloth were probably exported as well.

In recent years improved roads, off-road motor vehicles and air transport have increased the global distribution of this perishable commodity.

In today's letter, Mr. Clinton wrote, "Readiness is a perishable commodity and requires our serious attention."

The suit said that because "fish is a perishable commodity," speed was essential, giving the union power to extort payments by threatening to delay the operation.

Perishable commodities and non-perishable commodities.

New rules drafted by the Agriculture Department define "perishable commodities" far more broadly than expected by sponsors of the legislation.

A decision by the Reagan Administration to consider Christmas trees and tobacco as "perishable commodities" may set off a Congressional debate.