Word: counterman
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...where shoppers buy regular-size cigarettes at 39? a pack, conventioneers visiting the Big Town can pay the big price at the New York Hilton newsstand-52? for nonfilter regulars, 53? for other kinds-and get some big lip too. "Because that's what we charge!" jeers the counterman at anyone who questions...
...will retire as chief executive of the nation's largest restaurant chain-675 restaurants, 175 motor lodges and annual sales of $127 million-to let his son take over. Young Johnson went to Andover, Yale and Harvard Business School, got his education in the business by moving from counterman to candymaker and finally, five years ago, to president. "I feel rather like Yogi Berra," says Sports Fan Johnson. "He says sure he can be a manager, because he does know a bit about baseball." Young Johnson will concentrate on spreading the chain westward...
...steam was not hot enough in the Turkish baths. Rough translation: "Columbus should have broken his head before he discovered America." But there were consolations. "For 2^ plain" a lad could buy a large glass of clear Seltzer. Flavoring cost a penny more, but sometimes he could persuade the counterman to "put a little on the top" for nothing. Jewish boys seldom learned to swim, says Golden, because the waterfront lay deep in Irish territory. The immigrants had an enormous respect for learning, and in every photography studio, the appropriate props were on hand. "When the fellow posed...
...Victor's Open Kitchen on the western edge of Batavia, N.Y., the breakfast order of poached eggs, toast and coffee was routine. But the customer obviously was not. While his eggs poached, he table-hopped to shake hands. He ducked behind the counter to greet the cook, the counterman, the waitresses and the busboy. For each, he flashed a broad smile, his forehead crinkled into wrinkles. "Hello, I'm Nelson Rockefeller," he said. "I'm running for Governor. It's a real pleasure to say hello to you." When the eggs were served, the candidate invited...
...thousands daily and nightly teaching Televenglish to 170 million students, it is likely that in 50 years the Televenglish professor will be examining an obsolescent minority idiom known as English, just as today the academic linguist studies the argot of thieves or the slang of the hashhouse counterman...