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...stayed away for 75 days and collected every nickel of his pay. Others came in snarling drunk. Regular employees began goofing off worse than ever, formed "50-50 Clubs" with the "temps," to cover up and split their $1.42 hourly pay. During the two-week Christmas rush, a smart checker could make as much as $5,000 by forgetting to mark down the absentees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASSACHUSETTS: Through Slush & Mire | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

...want to tell you what happened to me at the checkout counter." Mr. John raised his arm defensively. "Margaret," he said, "don't tell me you were shortchanged! I'll cry." She had not been cheated, but a bag of pecans was so poorly marked that the checker had to look up the price. John examined the bag and allowed he would have to jog someone about those markings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Red Circle & Gold Leaf | 11/13/1950 | See Source »

Honduras' easygoing President Juan Manuel Gálvez has his own way of keeping close tabs on events in his sunny capital. A good-natured man who strolls the streets of Tegucigalpa unescorted, he takes time out for checker games with newsboys, swaps gossip with all comers. It was not surprising that he knew all about the latest plot against him long before the details were published last week. Said Gálvez without rancor: "It was an adventure of boys and novices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HONDURAS: Firm in the Saddle | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...nominating meeting for Lowell House representatives to the Student Council was announced for Sunday evening, April 16. A large notice was posted the previous day and on the day of the meeting was prominently displayed at the checker's desk in the dining room where it could hardly escape attention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defends Lowell House Nominations | 4/26/1950 | See Source »

Dilowa stayed with Lattimore in Adams House yesterday. When asked how she let the Lama in without a necktie, the checker in the Adams House dining hall emphasized the need to make exceptions, sometimes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1100 Year Old Lama Visits College | 2/25/1950 | See Source »

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