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...decent teashops. He sold his brother Isidore and brothers-in-law Alfred and Barnett Salmon on the idea of a moderate-priced catering service, brought in Joseph Lyons, who gave his name to the company, thus avoiding confusion with their tobacco company, Salmon & Gluckstein. In an era of mirrored gin palaces, those who could not afford the expensive West End restaurants readily took to the spick-&-span teashops. Lyons soon floated to success on an ocean of tea and toasted buns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPRATIONS: Frood for Lyonch | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

...more class and to more quizzes, thought Vag as he bounced down the Emerson steps, practiced a jump turn across the walk, and set off cross country toward Widener. One more class and two more quizzes-held your glass for more gin fizzes-vacation loomed just behind that Saturday section man and not one bit farther. Vag brightened inwardly, hastened his step, and almost hollered "Track" at the crowd blocking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/19/1947 | See Source »

...thought that would be a reasonable fee for getting Billingsley an exclusive contract as American agent for a French perfume. In Baltimore, for a change, Sherm was suing. Once more in his career he was trying to get someone to stop using the name Stork Club on a gin mill other than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Nothing So Pretty | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

...places, television was meeting real resistance from the drinking customers. On Manhattan's Gin Lane (Third Avenue), and in Chicago and Los Angeles, barflies seemed to have reached a conclusion long since reached in Britain (where pub hours are short): "It takes up too much drinking time, you know." The more sophisticated had also become bored by anything but large-screen (at least 19 by 25 in.) telecasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Television Set | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

Once everyone knew who had won. Harvard and Yale men seemed to mix like gin and vermouth...

Author: By Paul Back, | Title: Women, Whiskey, Accidents Flavored Huge Eli Weekend | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

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