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...Manhattan OPA moved to give the rich an even break. Inspectors cracked down on 73 eating places. Most were soda fountains charging stenographers a nickel too much for a ham sandwich. But also reprimanded was Café Chambord, last Manhattan stronghold for those who must have their pâté de foie gras direct from Strasbourg. The Chambord had been commended by Columnist Lucius Beebe as a nice little place to get a $35 dinner for two without wine. Now OPA inspectors found that the Chambord was getting $15 for a $12 pheasant dinner (Le Coq Faisan en Belle...
...Twist. For maximum portability the Army's engineers and industrial experts designed light-gauge (4 or 6 in.) steel pipe spirally constructed, like a soda straw. A 20-ft. section weighs less than 100 Ib. Sections are joined by special couplings which can be fitted in a minute...
...Churchill used to see the King one morning each week. Their sessions grew so long they were absorbing each other's entire half-day. Now Churchill lunches with the King one day a week, usually Thursday. Over grilled sole, or cold roast beef, washed down with whiskey and soda, the Prime Minister talks about the war, or the latest gossip of Downing Street. George VI and Churchill are gay and intimate friends, but Churchill does most of the talking. Churchill serves the King competently and with abiding respect, calls his monarch "Sir." The King, in his chats with Churchill...
...places to go and things to do. She can catch one of a number of trains back. When you go to visit her without means of automotive transport, there is a limited number of prospects before you. Two, in fact. Visiting the corner drug store for a soda and walking around the dimly lit and grassy shores of Lake Waban. The latter type of entertainment is recommended for them...
...never lobbied before. He knew few Congressmen. When he got to Washington, he discovered that the House Foreign Affairs Committee had already closed its hearings. But swarthy Jagjit Singh went to work. He organized no letter campaign, deluged no Congressmen with telegrams, threw no Scotch-&-soda parties in a plush hotel room. Instead he padded up & down corridors of the Congressional office building, calling on members. He found them sympathetic, but unwilling to buck the U.S. State Department, the British Empire and UNRRA. He argued: India was chipping in $35 million to UNRRA, while millions of its own were starving...