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...next table might be checking on his drinking. By law, the restaurant could serve a woman precisely 5 centiliters (1.7 oz.) of hard liquor, or a man 7.5 centiliters, up to 3 p.m.. and double that amount after. If a friendly waiter brought the drinker an outsize tot. the snooper would not say a word, but at home that night would send off a report signed with his code number. A few days later, the unsuspecting waiter would be reprimanded or sacked. The board, employed ten such male spies, paid each $300 annually, plus allowances for their "business meals...
...Army's insistence that it show some responsibility. On their side, most of the generals recognized the correspondent as at least a necessary evil; they began to accredit him officially, supply him with fodder for his horse, bivouac for his tired bones, and, every now & then, even a tot of whisky...
Schlesigner concluded, "All this adds up tot he fact that under Truman's leader-ship, the United States has undergone a diplomatic revolution, occupying the place in world affairs which England long held and being the organizer and director of the opposition of the free peoples to Soviet imperialism...
Couperin's Premier Lecon de Tencbres, sung by soprano Helen Boatwright, was not a total success. The music too often bore no relation tot he words (excerpts from the Book of Jeremiah.) Still, there were many powerful moments such as the final plea to Jerusalem, which is repeated five times with different treatment each time. Miss Boatwright may not have the strongest voice in the world, but it is clear and accurate, and she sang with real comprehension of the Latin text...
...healthy, National has free noontime movies for its workers, a cafeteria that serves up hot lunches at an average cost of 56? apiece. It maintains a 166-acre picnic ground near the Dayton plant, which has a swimming pool, softball diamonds, boating lagoon, archery, miniature golf, tennis and a "Tot Lot," with attendant, for the kids. If a National employee wants an auto, hunting or fishing license, National helps him get it. If he needs legal advice, National supplies it free. For a $1 fee, a National employee can sign up for night classes ranging from blueprint reading to typing...