Word: teas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...home-grown, mellow music and the altruism of its workers aren't all the Nameless has to offer. Refreshments are served continuously by, yes, volunteer waiters and waitresses. You can take your pick from hot chocolate, cinnamon or plain coffee, mocha, tea, assorted sodas, cookies, or the best hot apple cider in town. Everything is free, but the place runs on donations, so leave something in the basket on the way out. Of course, if you're in the mood for a little good, healthy manual labor, co-manager Elizabeth Cold says they can always use more volunteers to serve...
Like the sweet bean pie, the curried ravioli has a hard, flaky crust that peels off in layers. Inside is just a smattering of beef. The ravioli is a little dry, so dip it in the tea that comes free with brunch...
Tempest over the Tea Company...
From 1859, when my grandfather, George Huntington Hartford, opened the first chain store, to 1959, "the Tea Company" evolved into the world's largest retail business. Grandma was destroyed by the inept management to whom my uncles John and George had entrusted her. After the company had lost more than $50 million in 1973 alone, in desperation a president, Jonathan Scott, was brought in from outside, and he has made heroic efforts to turn it around. But as you suggest, the resources and prestige of a Tengelmann may well prove the decisive factor...
...independent estimates put it closer to 60%. An industrial slump has idled half of plant capacity and pushed unemployment to 20%. There are daily blackouts of electrical power, and shortages of everything from margarine to light bulbs. Even traditional Turkish coffee is in short supply; replacements are tea and Nescafe. At a recent session of parliament, a fistfight broke out on the floor after an opposition deputy complained that "the streets are full of black market cigarettes"−to which the Customs Minister snapped back, "You probably have some in your pockets...