Word: waiter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...triumph - a movie deal for the sum of $85,000. Dreiser was delighted at the unexpected windfall, but considerably less delighted when he was reminded of Liveright's commission. "Do you mean you're going to take my money?" he asked. "Just at this moment, the waiter brought the coffee in," writes Cerf, the ever faithful reporter. "Suddenly Dreiser seized his cup and threw the steaming coffee in Liveright's face. [He] got up from the table without a word and marched out of the restaurant." Liveright turned to Cerf and said, "Bennett, let this...
...changed his name to Aerbel and now lives in Herzliya, was a member of an Israeli "hit team" that in 1973 killed an Arab waiter in Lillehammer, Norway, in the mistaken belief that he was a Palestinian terrorist responsible for the Munich massacre of eleven Olympic athletes. A native of Copenhagen who maintained Danish and Israeli citizenship, Ert tried to win his release by telling his flabbergasted Norwegian interrogators that he was a Mossad agent. To prove it, he mentioned that he "owned the ship" that had secretly carried uranium for Israel. (Ert has since denied saying this.) Ert also...
Only six members of the family adjourn to the dining room a few minutes later. Amy has already eaten. Chip and Caron are going out to dinner. The family hold hands around the table while Annette, Jeffs wife, says grace, and Ely Young, a tall black waiter in a tuxedo, prepares to serve the meal: pork chops, boiled broccoli and mashed potatoes...
...field in which women predominate the occasional man will often hold the jobs at the highest levels. The 9.5 per cent of all beauticians who are males are usually titled "hairstylists" and are employed in the most elegant salons. Almost 10 per cent of all jobs in the waiter-waitress category are filled by males, but the men can be found at Sardi's or Locke-Ober's, not at Howard Johnson's or the diner down the road...
...much greater emphasis on Government support of jobs than the plan approved by Carter. Fiery Patricia Harris, HUD nominee, rebuked Senator William Proxmire for challenging her qualifications to represent the poor who need housing help. "I am a black woman," she said, "the daughter of a dining-car waiter. While there may be others who forget what it meant to be excluded from the dining rooms of this very building, Senator, I shall never forget...