Word: steward
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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FROM his Philadelphia office, Symes shoots down to Washington several times a month in his private railroad car (with cook, steward, three bedrooms, dining room, observation lounge). Nattily dressed and usually puffing a Camel (his male secretary always carries extra packs), Symes tickles legislators with his hearty humor and ready store of anecdotes, sways them with his sharp intelligence, collars Congressmen for private talks, is always ready to testify before a congressional committee...
...next several months Rayon promised much, did nothing. Young Paulo, after his discharge, got a steward's job at Paris' Orly Airport, and was content to live simply and anonymously. Rayon, on his trail, said he felt sorry for Paulo, bought him a drink, and told him the truth. The young heir said he was not surprised, and added, "I don't care about their filthy money." But he agreed to disappear for a time...
...Hawskin, veteran of Clinton, Tenn., and the Katyn Massacre, anticipates an early spring offensive in the class war. "We've been polishing our rifles and taking target practice in the U.T. wickers. Also, we kicked Sammy, the steward, downstairs three times in the last week. He had a bloody nose and everything. We are strong, the time will come...
...that although Mr. Benthall puts his actors through all the burps and stumbles common in Shakespearean slapstick (or at least allows them a free hand in this respect), they never seem coarse or even very vigorous. The basis of the comic subplot is the duping of Malvolio, the puritanical steward, by a group of cheerful tosspots--a little joke which has occasionally struck critics as cruel, since Malvolio is at one point chained in a dungeon as a madman. Before Mr. Heeley's backcloth, under Mr. Benthall's guidance, it appears a mild, if merry, escapade, instinct with finesse...
Finally, the Clubs are being caught in a financial squeeze of varying proportions. Real estate taxes are extremely high, the upkeep of those massive brick buildings is pretty exorbitant, and the maintenance of a steward and staff of waiters and cook does not come cheap. The average Club bill totals between...