Word: servings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would have believed," he wrote, "that the daughters of that mighty city would one day be wandering as serv ants and slaves on the shores of Egypt and Africa? Today we must translate the words of the Scriptures into deeds, and instead of speaking saintly words we must act them...
Crazy Schedules. Campy was only 15 when the owner of the Bacharach Giants, an all-Negro semi-pro team, offered Mrs.' Campanella $353 week for her son's serv ices on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sun days. Mrs. Campanella boggled at the idea of Sabbath baseball, agreed only when the Bacharachs' owner promised that wher ever the team was playing, he himself would take Roy to church on Sunday...
Visitors to Stallings Field in Kinston, N.C. recently have found a strange building standing smack in front of the PX: a neat white outhouse with two large signs bearing the words "Rumor Factory." The outhouse and signs are the work of Truman Miller, 43, president of Kinston's Serv-Air Aviation Corp. and a man who knows his flyers. "Any airfield, from the repair shops to the soda fountain, is a rumor factory," says Miller. "They fly in and out and leave the damndest stories you ever heard...
...rumors started to bother Miller after the Pentagon announced the Air Force budget cuts last May. Since his Serv-Air Corp. is a civilian company which gives aviation cadets primary flight training, every one of the 720 employees wondered what would happen to their jobs. The rumors buzzed like hornets: the school was closing, staff cuts coming, pay slashes ahead. In desperation two months ago, Miller put up his outhouse, labeled it Rumor Factory, and asked everybody to look at two bulletin boards inside. One board was labeled "rumors"-anyone could jot down his favorite; the other was labeled "fact...
...months, Miller and his staff answered 100 questions from Serv-Air's employees. Was it true that a 10% staff cut was in the works? Miller's answer: there would have to be some cuts, but nothing like 10%. Why was a certain mechanic fired? Answer: his job had been merged with another. Was it true that Christmas vacation would be abolished? Answer...