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Word: waiter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...businessman in spectacles put a clarinet to his lips and once again became a famous living trademark. Behind him 13 instruments exploded in the old Goodman theme song Let's Dance, and the guests at the Empire Room's tables began to feel wonderful. A surprised young waiter nearly dropped the filet mignon Benny he was serving. "For this room-so loud!" he whispered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Benny Is Back | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...finally got the attention of the head waiter and when Sherwood explained to him that a valuable, original manuscript had probably been left in a taxi, the waiter said, in a very calm voice: "I wouldn't worry, sir. Nobody ever loses anything in a London taxicab." He was right. The script was back at Sherwood's hotel, the following morning...

Author: By Samuel P. Sears, | Title: Sherwood: Memories Of His College Days | 2/10/1956 | See Source »

...with the Tropic's free lunch, paid fares home for the stranded, lent as much as $5,000 on a few moments' notice. Selling out meant burning $40,000 in old chits. But when a sob story sounded phony, vinegary Max Bilgray could also summon a waiter and say coldly: "Bring Mr. Smith the key to the crying room." In a warm salute to Bilgray, President Ricardo ("Dickie") Arias recently drove across the isthmus and awarded him Panama's Order of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa-doubtless a unique honor for a saloonkeeper. Bilgray will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Bottle Alley Barkeep | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

...Diaries begin with the famed westward march of the "Camp of Israel" to the Great Salt Lake-a moving mass of covered wagons, horses, mules, cows and oxen rolling over the "dusty and verry hot" trails. He records the daily search for precious pasture and fresh "waiter," the inevitable fevers, pains, accidents, deaths and childbirths. Throughout, imbuing the earthiest, coarsest things with the highest spiritual ardor, run the passionate preachings of the "Apostles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Splendid Saga | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

Across the Board on Tomorrow Morning exhibits by far the best acting of the evening. In the difficult part of a philosophical waiter who steps out of character to acts as commentator, Arthur Lewis gives a polished and confident performance. He is not at all stricken with the curse of uncertainty common in many amateur actors. Martin Mintz, who portrays a cab driver, shows a similar surety, and also posses a seemingly instinctive sense of comedy and timing. A a somewhat irrational restaurant customer, Peter Hugen is less effective because he is not quite in control of either his voice...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Evening With Saroyan | 12/9/1955 | See Source »

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