Word: aproned
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...Fountain Cafe in Mesa, using his real name and Social Security number. Working his charm, he befriended the owners, Mike and Gale Moran, who later told reporters they thought Tom was just wonderful. He always took out the trash, liked to wear the red apron, that sort of thing. They let him drive their car, and he was friends with their daughter. "We had no idea," they would later say, over and over...
...Tarts and mac-and-cheese after graduation, it's a step towards survival. At $25, the course is a bargain. You get a tote bag of promo goodies, including a comprehensive beginner's cookbook (Lora Brody's The Kitchen Survival Guide), a meat thermometer, a can opener and an apron (no chef is complete without an apron). Unfortunately for current seniors, the remaining sessions are full...
...afternoon at KidsWorld, a two-acre Toys "R" Us superstore in Elizabeth, N.J. There are barely a dozen cars in the parking lot. The aisles inside the store are spacious, well lighted--and empty. A row of 20 cash registers stands idle while a lone clerk in a red apron and braids rings up a diaper sale for Kim Essen, 29, and daughters Samantha, 21 months, and Alana, 6 months. As Kim wheels her cart out of the store, she turns and says, "I like shopping here because it's always empty." That's one competitive advantage that Nakasone will...
...have to love this business," Tahmili says, his white apron spotless despite the oil and flour around him. "You have to love when you bake. When everything goes right, it makes me so happy...
From its home office at the mall, TLG sends those apron-wearing Betty Crockers into supermarkets with free food samples. It also administers taste tests, leads focus groups, conducts mall intercepts (these are the people who carry clipboards and are always smiling, which apparently works in the Midwest...