Word: manicurist
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Have you ever noticed Bill's coiffeur? And Barack - what fashion sense! I could have recommended George my manicurist, "having knows" the best ones...
...survive off the ration books that offer them sugar, rice, beans and (only for the elderly) cigars. But to get past subsistence, you need to shop at the air-conditioned hard-currency stores. That's where Damaris goes to find a specialized nail clipper she needs for the manicurist test she's taking the following week. But it costs nearly $20, three times what it would in the U.S. A knockoff 26-in. (65 cm) "PanaBlack" TV--one of those outdated crt behemoths--is listed at over $750. It's the result of a supply chain gone insane. Chinese influence...
...manicurist, when he arrived, was a short, balding man who looked like a taxi driver. Without much small talk, he covered his lap with purple towels and set my feet on top of them. Then he commenced clipping and filing with quiet concentration...
...parents have built their dream house just outside Tuxpan. It is a grand two-story affair with granite counters in the kitchen and views of the mountains from the boys' bedrooms. But cash is tight. In the U.S., Yadira had moved up from cleaning houses to working as a manicurist for an upscale spa in Bridgehampton. With tips from her wealthy clients, she made up to $200 a day. But returning to Tuxpan, she quickly found out that sustainable income is hard to come by in small-town Mexico. Yadira tried running a small convenience store--selling sodas, lollipops, toilet...
...York City on May 4, 1925, the son of a cabdriver. His obsessive desire to reach the top and stay there may be rooted in a once-poor kid's inferiority complex. His father died in a car accident when he was only 6. His mother, a manicurist, remarried and moved to a dairy farm near the Catskill Mountains of New York. On the farm, he had daily chores that included milking the cows twice a day. Greenberg soon proved his talents and his competitive drive. He was a starting football player--his athletic ability earned him the nickname Hank...