Word: longer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...customers walk out of Del Frisco's Steak House in New Orleans without leaving a tip, none of the waiters even raise an eyebrow. Nor do they at Cafe Provencal in Evanston, Ill., or Michael's in Santa Monica, Calif. Tipping is no longer expected at these establishments, but that does not mean the service is free. They are among a small but growing number of U.S. restaurants that are replacing the tipping system with a service charge, typically...
While many waiters complain that the service charge robs them of the performance-based pay they deserve, supporters of the policy feel that a salary elevates servers to a more professional status. "Our waiters have higher self-esteem, since they are no longer dependent on handouts from persons to whom they must be obsequious," says Barry Wine, owner of Manhattan's ultrapricey Quilted Giraffe, where there is a service charge. But in the competitive restaurant business, few owners are likely to pick up a hot potato like the service charge until they are sure their rivals are going...
Flying into Bonn, Baker vowed to find out "exactly what the German position is" on a U.S. plan for upgrading 88 Lance nuclear missiles (range: 80 miles), most of them based in West Germany, with new longer-range weapons. That is a touchy subject for West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Modernization has become a hot-button issue in German politics, and Kohl would like to postpone modernizing the weapons until after national elections in December 1990. Already Kohl's Christian Democrats have suffered thrashings in six recent local elections, and his government might not survive an unpopular pledge to accept...
Though he may no longer have his eyes on the moon, most observers are sure that Brown is aiming for higher things -- and he has told friends that gaining the chairmanship is the first step in a plan to gain party support for another tilt at the presidency. Brown even jokingly acknowledges the speculation about his motives. If he can create an effective Democratic Party, he says, he might run for office. "I would have earned it!" he says. Then he adds, "If I don't do it, I'm going back to the monastery...
...which gives the Attorney General the power to keep secret documents out of trials, is unconstitutional because it deprived North of a fair trial. If it took an inordinate amount of time to get the North trial started, bringing the proceedings to a conclusion may take a good deal longer still...