Word: queues
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...back in a deep armchair and waved a delicate hand in a vague, tired gesture: "Whether I am better off? Ma pauvre amie! A year ago I still had my servants-I can't afford them today. I go to market myself, line up in the queue and join the discussion of the housewives about carrots. There were times in my life when I didn't even know what carrots were...
...bigger than in pre-Wallace days, but the survivors had that worried "who's next" look. The trouble was that the magazine had been staffed and geared up for a 330,000 sale with advertising income to match, but printing problems had multiplied and advertisers had failed to queue...
...Only for Politeness." The French have assimilated P.O.W.s more readily than the British. Though many were entertained in British homes over Christmas, there was still considerable resentment throughout the country. London girl "clippies" (bus conductresses) have been refusing to take prisoners when there is a queue of Britons waiting. When football clubs were asked to allow prisoners in to see the games, many agreed; the Millwall Club said: ". . . With loathing and detestation we absolutely refuse...
...same time, a queue of 100 people ran from the University Squash Courts on Linden Street around the corner to the Phillips Book Store entrance. A total wait of one hour and a half was encountered here...
These feminine plaints soughed from the microphone when Tory Candidate John Reginald Bevins jumped from his "Voice of the People" sound truck and let the people give tongue. Five minutes later Arthur James Irvine, Labor's six-foot candidate, strode up to the same housewives' queue. While he pumped hands all round, the women cheered and patted his back...