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Norm Roy, general sales manager at the Checker Cab Company, says the recession is hitting drivers particularly hard in its corporate and tourist aspects: the sense of financial restraint infecting the nation has resulted in less air travel and hotel usage for work and for pleasure, lopping off a significant chunk of taxi business...
...makes sense that we sleep during the day, because we certainly do not sleep at night. The night after my enlightenment at the hands of the Hilles bag checker, I found myself preparing for bed at three o'clock in the morning...
...wanted to ask University Librarian Sidney Verba '53 about the possibilities of reforming the bag-checker system, but he wasn't around to be interviewed...
...chance you are lucky enough to find a store that is open, other skills come into play. Grocery checkouts involve a race against time: the checker shovels your purchases toward you while you try to stuff them into a bag. Don't forget your market basket either, else you'll have to buy a plastic bag -- or several, since each sack only holds approximately 2.3 items. Meanwhile, the people in line behind you start to grumble and push...
...Harvard system exudes a more personal level in a dining service--students aren't just another face in a large cafeteria," says Hennessey. "There's probably not a door checker or server who doesn't know most of their students...