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Word: eats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...comes to riding the gravy train, I'm in the caboose. I have yet to make the picture, which will cost several million dollars. It is a gamble as to if it makes money or not as are all pictures these days. She has her gravy and can eat it already. The paperback rights of Return to Peyton Place were worth $265,000 in the hand to her, plus the not inconsiderable amount 20th Century-Fox and I have paid her for the film rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 4, 1960 | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

...runs up a tab at The Clouds; drinks are bought when served. There is a strapping Negro chef named Peewee, who can build a sandwich or a pizza if anyone really wants to eat. And there is always a bouncer-headwaiter at the door to see that the servicemen, who make up at least half the clientele, are legally old enough to get oiled enough to make noise enough to drown out a singer who deserves a silent room. For all that, in the constricted world of Hawaiian night life, Ann Weldon's talent rides over the racket with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: Lost in The Clouds | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

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