Word: extras
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there was more money in circulation than ever before, and few shoppers, even after days of eyeing high-priced goods, could shake off the desire to buy. Many attempted to solve the dilemma by taking extra-expensive articles in the hope of getting quality goods...
Last week both men thought of reversing their positions. Said Dornand: "I think I'll strike. I want double pay for all that extra work." Said Sangnier (but not in Dornand's hearing): "I think I'll stop striking. As long as there's no work for me I might as well get paid...
...watching the screen," complained one bartender, "people forget what is the prime purpose of a bar, which is to drink." He had three solutions for that: 1) "An extra employee to rove through the crowd and remind people that their drink is getting low"; 2) "Fill the first row with fast Scotch drinkers, and push them slow beers to the back. However, that is too ideal to be practical, because you would be offending a beer drinker who could easily develop into something better"; 3) "Raise prices during television hours; most places...
...from Lisbon with 44 instead of the present 26 passengers, and only 800 gallons of gasoline. In the air it could get more gasoline from a tanker and fly toward Dakar, where another tanker would give it enough fuel to fly on to Natal. The airline could collect 18 extra fares and scrap its expensive Dakar base (passengers would be spared the yellow-fever shots required for a stop at Dakar...
...time has come for students to protest the lack-adaisical planning and sloppy preparations of the meals that are served in the House dining halls. A little thought and a little care could do much to better the fare and would cost no one a single extra penny. Let me cite a few examples...