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...served enough coffee to keep Rip van Winkle awake and nervous till the end of time. Working Riker's, Cord's and other short-order, all-night stands in Manhattan, she was a competent waitress, but often she served people with her face turned aside. Once when a group of actors came in, she fled to the basement, hid and wept-for Irene Dailey really considered herself an actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Perils of Irene | 7/18/1960 | See Source »

...snapped back by funneling cash from these sales into profitable projects. Dart established Riker Laboratories to manufacture ethical drugs; it now brings 15% of Rexall's profits. He invested heavily in the manufacturing division, now another 15% earner that turns out almost 4,000 different kinds of Rexall cosmetics, vitamins and patent medicines, including 77 billion tablets a year at its St. Louis plant alone. He buttressed the company's Rexall Division, which distributes 5,000 Rexall trademarked products, earns half of Rexall's profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Wonder Boy Makes Good | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

Beans, Beef, and Bourbon is a book about 100 restaurants, in Boston, which according to a Business school student named Riker, serve good food. It didn't sound very promising, but the voice insisted that if we came to the 'press-conference,' we would not only get a story, but lots of good Manhattans and a chance to talk to a lot of important people. So we went, to Cobb's Restaurant, 32 Tremont...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: An Important Occasion | 2/15/1956 | See Source »

...lady at the door wasn't very hospitable, and we waited while she muttered in the back about college students and looking for a free drink. They let us in anyway, and introduced us to the authors. Harland and Ann Riker were very nice, and promised to see us later as they shook hands...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: An Important Occasion | 2/15/1956 | See Source »

...Bisons' two outstanding linemen are right tackle Ralph Riker whom Law rence calls his "hustlingest lineman," and center George Wolfe, named "unsung hero" for his work in the Bison's 38-0 defeat of Temple tow weeks...

Author: By John E. Grady, | Title: Varsity Eleven to Meet Underrated Bucknell | 10/29/1955 | See Source »

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