Word: vic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...author of these "Polynesian" cocktails has never roamed the South Seas. Nevertheless, salty, peg-legged Victor Bergeron, 58, has parlayed a flair for serving good food amid a supply of grass skirts, Tiki gods and outrigger canoes into the most successful chain of seaweed restaurants west of Suez: Trader Vic...
...departed from the varsity, but who has arrived from the freshmen. Harvard's freshmen were excellent this year. The top five went through the undefeated, trouncing Yale with a 9-0 win that coach Corey Wynn described his "beat ever." The freshmen's top two--Lou Williams and Vic Niederhoffer--lost only one match apiece all year, both when the Yardlings whipped Choate...
...after the fighter's suicide and planned what may have seemed an impossible production: book by white Lawyer-Novelist Harry Bloom, lyrics by white Journalist Patricia Williams, score by black Jazz Composer Todd Matshikiza, direction by white Actor-Director Leon Gluckman, a veteran of London's Old Vic. When rehearsals began, they had to be conducted against odds: the curfew, threatening Johannesburg hooligan gangs, the rules of apartheid...
Every month, Houghton traveled to London, usually met Lonsdale at a pub near the Old Vic theater. On his last trip five weeks ago, he brought Miss Gee along. All three were nabbed just as she was handing over a shopping bag to Lonsdale. Found on him were undeveloped photographs of 212 pages from Particulars of War Vessels, drawings for some of the Navy's latest ships, and 58 pages of Admiralty fleet orders. Said Houghton to the police: "I've been a bloody fool." Miss Gee pleaded, "I've done nothing wrong," and the inscrutable Lonsdale...
Shoot Yourself. Though unpleasant, for Vic Tanny such aches are the price of strapping success. "Volume is what counts" is his philosophy, and to get it he pushes his salespeople hard. Tanny spent $2,000,000 on advertising to entice people into his gyms last year. Once the customers are there, he expects his personnel to make sure they sign a contract. Regional Vic Tanny sales offices set new membership goals each day. Salesmen often work strictly on commission, are encouraged to take over the gym manager's job by outselling him-but may be dumped back...