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Word: waiter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Across the Mississippi he worked his way by stoking on a ferry. When he stumbled up the levee he had no resources other than a staggering nose and an inclination to follow it into perilous places. It led him to jobs such as muleteer, waiter, stevedore, hack driver. It took him to libraries and book shops, and eventually to the editorial offices of Westliche Post, where he became a reporter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Post-Dispatch | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

...Waiter William Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Skunked | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...Waiter Brown looked puzzled as he went back to the kitchen of the dining car. As everyone knows, including Calvin Coolidge, pumpkin pie never has a top crust. Waiter Brown conferred with the chef. Soon he returned with another piece of pumpkin pie. Mrs. Coolidge was smiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Skunked | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...Waiter Brown: "Here is one with jest a little more brown on top. The pies with crust on 'em were ate by the Secret Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Skunked | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

President Coolidge eyed his new pie and nodded. Waiter Brown withdrew. President Coolidge picked up a fork and said to Mrs. Coolidge: "Pretty good answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Skunked | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

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