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...came to a stop. Five foot 11 and 160 lbs. of muscle dressed in spike heeled black leather boots and a clinging black gown, she stood taking a deep drag on her extra long cigarette. A large and capable looking waitress gingerly led her over to the most remote booth and silently prayed there would be no trouble...
Secluded in our booth, the first cup of coffee began to cut the fog. As we looked around, I had the warm feeling that I was back in high school, hanging out. One of IHOP's greatest features is that they are all identically tacky, so that all are familiar and safe. From the spreading pool of artificially colored and flavored boysenberry syrup that eventually leaves the table purple and gooey, to the clashing blue and orange of the seats and ceiling, IHOP's are always the same...
...SEPARATE PEACE lasted only until an unbelievably huge woman heaved herself into the adjacent booth, gingerly followed by two relatively normal-sized girl friends. As they began talking, the two ordinary women grew more and more nervous. At the end of what must have been the thousandth disastrous Friday night of the fat girl's life, they compared notes about their dates. The seat began rocking violently like a small boat in a large storm as the fat girl became more and more agitated; in between gulps of food and drink she threw her body from side to side...
Newspapermen are usually too worn and worried to be credible as heroes, even to their own very young children. But to Ralph Schoenstein, his father was the New York version of Superman: "Not a mild-mannered reporter who put on a cape in a telephone booth, but a commanding editor who could use a telephone booth to get tickets to any sold-out Broadway show." Father Paul was city editor of Hearst's New York Journal-American, the U.S.'s biggest evening paper through the '40s and '50s. He had muscular clout as well; his arms...
...Many people at Harvard, both students and faculty, think that a VES concentration means a major in arts and crafts--they simply don't take us seriously," Adrienne Booth '80, a VES concentrator, said...