Word: 1960s
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Please Order. Why all the preposterous euphemism? One reason is the inarticulate waiter. Until the early 1960s, he knew food almost as well as the maitre d' and used his knowledge to good effect. If the restaurateur wanted to push calf's liver one day, he simply told his men, and they went among the tables and sold calf's liver. But now, "the biggest and most persistent problem in the industry is the dearth of good, experienced waiters," says Joe Baum, vice president of Manhattan's Restaurant Associates Industries, Inc. (Four Seasons, La Fonda...
Love is now dying between the judge and the amendment. During the 1960s, he argues, it has served to protect murderers, rapists and bagmen. It has worked to prevent police from getting the information they need to protect life and property. He indicts both legal scholars and the U.S. Supreme Court for turning the Fifth into "an ultimate article of faith in respect to which compromise is impossible...
Warranties are an old feature that began to get new emphasis in Detroit in the early 1960s. They are now under fire because, according to the commission, they quite often wrongly assure a buyer that "he takes delivery of a car substantially free of defects," and that defects that do appear "will be promptly and effectively corrected...
...GREAT WHITE HOPE, by Howard Sackler, attempts to re-create the prizefight world of the 1900s, using the dramaturgy of the 1930s, and drawing dubious parallels with events of the 1960s. James Earl Jones exudes vitality as the first Negro heavyweight champion...
...GREAT WHITE HOPE, by Howard Sackler, attempts to re-create the fight world that existed in the 1900s, using the dramaturgy of the 1930s and drawing dubious parallels with events of the 1960s. James Earl Jones exudes vitality and ego energy as the first Negro heavyweight champion...