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...fitting tuxedo. The lounge area is still dark. The black leather modular couches are still so mushy that customers and hostesses almost collapse into each other when they sit down. There are a dozen small tables, each just big enough for the decanter of Suntory whiskey, the water syphon and ice bucket, all of which are provided as part of the basic $150 entrance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lucie Blackman: Death of a Hostess | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...even with the noise and nonsense of Kilty's syphon squirting and the hilarious performance of Thayer David as Sir Andrew Aguecheck, the production has more substance than the usual farce. Donald Stevens is a thoughtful and detached clown. While Robert Fletcher's griping, prissy interpretation of Malvolio excludes all customary pity for his plight, it does not justify the brutal treatment he receives from the fetching chambermaid, Jan Farrand, and her licentious colleagues, Sir Tobey and Sir Andrew...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

...surtaxes). The Treasury proposed to end this free tax ride abruptly by imposing an 11% surtax on top of the present 4.4% income and defense tax in the very lowest taxable bracket. Higher incomes also face stiff increases, but none so great proportionately. In addition, the Treasury proposed to syphon off still more purchasing power through a long list of excise taxes on consumption (Congress, eager to lower the more obvious direct tax burdens, suggested adding still more consumption taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXES: End to the Profit Motive | 5/5/1941 | See Source »

...what the effect would be," James ( "Jimmie") Donahue, Woolworth 5?-&-10? heir, cousin of Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz. stepped onto a balcony of his Rome hotel, shouted "Viva Ethiopia " squirted a syphon of soda water at a group of young Fascists. Effect: two Government agents presently escorted Playboy Donahue to the Italian frontier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 7, 1935 | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

Alas, Lord & Thomas advertising (with Andy's and my book for bait) was getting such terrific results that the banks forced the Treasury to withdraw the book for fear people would syphon the savings banks to buy Treasury certificates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 14, 1934 | 5/14/1934 | See Source »

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