Word: polloi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some bosses prefer to handle things less rigidly, try to turn the complaints into chuckles. An executive of Monsanto Chemical Co. has put out a complete "Exec-Chart" ticking off everyone from "Top Dogs" to "Hoi Polloi," lists their "visible appurtenances" of power, from "shoeshine service" to "plant stands." Sample: "Luncheon Menu for Top Dogs: Cream cheese on whole wheat, buttermilk and indigestion tablets. Menu for Hoi Polloi: Clam chowder, frankfurter and beans, rolls and butter, raisin pie a la mode, two cups of coffee." Pacific Gas & Electric Co., like many others, sensibly gives a man what he needs...
...Proust. Wandering nostalgically over the condemned playgrounds in The Last Resorts, Cleveland (The Proper Bostonians) Amory tries to catch the flavor of their heydays. He does better as an M.C. than an M. Proust, but his gossipy barrage of light anecdotes and heavy name-dropping should delight hoi polloi and aristoi alike...