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Word: tipping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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MALICE AND AMBITION do not adhere to Alan Alda's face. Alda the screenwriter forgot that Alda the actor looks like a waiter in Chinatown begging for a big tip--his squinting, ever-genial countenance belies the selfish, insatiable drive that defines his hero, Senator-on-the-make Joe Tynan. The words of the screenplay may fit, but Alda can't take up the Nice Man's Burden: Hawkeye can't play Macbeth...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Seduction of Hawkeye | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...much heavier last week than usual: bits of tar routinely float in from passing tankers. Bathers have got used to oil-stained feet. Thus few cancellations were reported at hotels. Padre Island, a thin barrier reef that stretches approximately 130 miles north from its highly developed southern tip, was slightly harder hit. But the oil was still no worse than a thick line of tar at the water's edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Pancakes and Mousse off Texas | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

...quite. All employees who earn more than $20 a month in tips are supposed to report their gratuities to their employers, who then are required to withhold an appropriate amount for taxes Furthermore, the employee is responsible for keeping accurate tip records. Otherwise, the IRS can estimate tip income and collect taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Take Cash and Skip the Tax | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

...Jordan's first moves was to try to make peace with the congressional barons he has so studiously ignored. He made a pilgrimage to the office of House Speaker Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, and was quickly paid back for an accumulation of insults that dated all the way back to Jordan's refusal to help O'Neill get good seats at Carter's Inauguration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...executive rows into re-examining traditional codes of dress. For the first time, reporters covering Congress were allowed to enter the press galleries without suit coats and ties. But a valiant attempt to extend that right to members of the House was squelched by a surprisingly decorous House Speaker Tip O'Neill. When Jim Mattox, a Texas Democrat, showed up in a light blue shirt and no tie, O'Neill asked him to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trying to Sweat It Out at 78 | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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