Word: diner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This device consists of providing a small pad ror each diner, upon which he will write what he wishes to eat. Thus is eliminated the need for shouting or repeating an order, thus is promoted quiet and quickness. The meal pad is but a minor suggestion for improvement, yet it is the erasing of petty annoyances which makes University life more pleasant and more worthwhile. Farley Demotes 1-Cent Stamps Washington to -New York "Herald Tribune" March...
Beside the Senate fight between Roadbuilder Bulkley and Roadbuilder White, Ohio was looking forward to one of the liveliest gubernatorial battles of the year. At the Jackson Day dinner in Columbus, Democratic National Committeeman Charles Sawyer jarred many a diner by delivering a harangue against the "corruption and graft rampant" during the two administrations of Democratic Governor Martin Luther Davey. Practical Committeeman Sawyer's unsurprising solution was to enter the gubernatorial primary himself. Tree-Surgeon Davey, who once enjoyed a reputation as a champion of Labor, prejudiced it when he helped break the strike in Little Steel last summer...
...Vagabond felt pleasantly stimulated as he swung down the platform to his car, and handed his valise to the porter. Examinations weren't so bad after all, be thought, but the best thing about them was their end. Might as well slip into the diner now, before it gets crowded, and get a bite to eat. Hmm! Not very hungry though, in spite of the work he'd been doing lately. Exams seem to take it out on your nervous system, more than anything else. Guess he'd let it go at a club sandwich, and fortify himself with something...
What goes on behind a waiter's poker face? Many a nervous, exasperated or curious diner has often wondered. Last week a waiter took off his uniform and tried to tell. What he had to say was disappointing. Thirty-year-old Dave Marlowe (real name: Arthur Timmens) has been a ship's steward on British and U. S. liners, a waiter in New York speakeasies and night clubs, has worked in swanky London hotels, in rowdy pubs. But apparently he paid as little attention to the guests as they paid to him. As a ship's steward...
...doing to foster that friendship between mature men and students which is so valuable to both. In addition, it was pointed out that many colleges seemed to have neglected this aspect of college life, for in some of them it was an extraordinary event when a student lunched or diner with a professor...