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About to spear an artichoke with her fork, a diner seated across the table from Diet Specialist Ancel Keys asked: "Do you approve of artichokes?" "Absolutely," replied Keys, downing a glass of polyunsaturated white wine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time's 40th Anniversary Party: Diversity for Dinner | 5/17/1963 | See Source »

WHRB will hold a kick-off diner this spring for the campaign to raise $100,000 for its proposed new studios. Under the guidance of James R. Reynolds '22, who handled the $82 million Program for Harvard College, the radio station will first seek large gifts from specific "friends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHRB PLANS KICK-OFF FOR $100,000 STUDIOS | 1/15/1963 | See Source »

...stopped at an all-night diner for a 45-min. breakfast break (the band had not eaten since 6 p.m.). By 9:30 a.m., the bus was within "14 hands" of Cleveland (distances are invariably measured in poker hands), and the bandsmen hoped they might have time for some sleep before the concert. As it turned out, they had time only for showers before piling out into 90-degree heat in the big tent where they were to play. For all that, the band blew its lungs out for two hours; in such numbers as Malaguena and Waltz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Hit-and-Run | 7/27/1962 | See Source »

...attendants, known as "boy-san," offer cold or hot towels to travelers, and serve them cups of tea as soon as they settle in their reclining seats equipped with earplug radio receivers. Passengers too indolent to make their way to diner or buffet are served by uniformed girls trundling carts richly laden with food and sake up and down the aisles. Not the least of Kodama's claims to fame is its split-second scheduling. Trains leave with the precision of a time signal, are allowed errors of only 15 seconds in passing major stations along the route. Five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Luxury Abroad | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

...case of a roadside stop for a quick snack, customers may be spared the soggy sponge with which the waitress often swabs down the counter. The Linen Supply Association of America now offers a gadget that, in effect, provides fresh linen tablecloths for each counter diner. Operating on the old roller-towel principle, the fresh section of mat is pulled into place after each meal by the waitress. Price: on the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marketplace: New Products | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

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