Word: clubs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...between Viet Nam and Czechoslovakia as "moral myopia." Yet the question deserved to be considered. Here and there in Washington, amid genuine indignation, there was also an occasional flicker of professional sympathy for Russia, as between one world power and another ("There are, after all, not many in the club," said one official). In both the Dominican Republic and Viet Nam, the U.S. intervened in what it con sidered a legitimate sphere of influence. But in the Dominican Republic, the government had been ousted and civil war threatened anarchy and, quite possibly, a new dictatorship. The U.S. intervention restored peace...
...night spots, Club Tokyo and Night Tokyo, now cater to an all-female clientele with well-scrubbed young hosts in dark suits who are available for cosy chats and dancing at $2.22 per hour. The aim, explains Club Tokyo Manager Motoki Inoue, is "sex equality in this he-man's land." Nightly, merry widows in miniskirts and portly housewives in kimonos turn up where the boys are. Some come in for the evening from as far as Osaka on the 125-m.p.h. bullet train; nearly all are between 30 and 40 years old. A middle-aged maitre...
...designer, another once taught ballroom dancing, a third studies by day for his Ph.D. Each must sign a pledge agreeing, among other things, not to unbutton his jacket or dance slower than the beat of the music. To Ryuji Kami jo, 27. a much sought after host at the Club Tokyo, the life of a male geisha is not all sake and cherry blossoms. Of the customers, he sighs: "One moment, they are full of sunshine, then the next, full of thunderstorms. It's a hard life we lead here...
...Some of the 155 hosts keep expensive apartments in Tokyo's poshest districts. At least one commutes to work in a Mus tang, which retails for $10,000 in Japan. Through tips, a few make as much as $900 a month, but usually for working later than the clubs' 6-to-ll:30 p.m. hours. Despite the rules, hosts sometimes leave arm-in-arm with their clients at closing time. "Ladies have just as much right as men to decide what to do for the rest of the night," says Club Tokyo's Inoue, adding: "We never...
...announced that two of their brethren were taking over the thoracic and vascular divisions, but Dr. Cordice was told that he could stay on the staff if he chose. He did not so choose. Colleagues claim that he was sacked simply because he was not a member of the club...