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...dapper gentlemen were merry. What a joker His Lordship was, to be sure! Mr. Shaw was not half so clever. Haw! Pretended he would jump into the pool, haw! Who but His Lordship would even have thought of it? Perishable! Positively rare and perishable! Haw! . . . "You will tip my waiter ?100," said a cold dry voice. "The law will not deprive you of the privilege of laughter. But-you may suffer other deprivations if you do not tip my waiter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Earl, Shaw, Sow | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...think like an angel but to function like a man"; that sexuality is either splendid or ugly, never funny or pretty, and that a man must contemplate the body of a woman closely and often if he is to preserve an image of their love; that an old waiter's face is finer than that of the average bishop ("It's a question of faithful service") ; that Washington is the "Tibet of democracy"; that understanding, humility and fortitude are the only virtues ("to be kind when you don't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Antaeus Attested | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

...must have been the beef. We've never been this way before. It's all a pack of lies. But tonight the waiter brought us some red, red beef. It looked quite angry or embarrassed, two conditions which induce rudd' ness. But the white-coated Ganymede quieted our fears. "It's rare, not very well done," he vowed...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/13/1927 | See Source »

...Student waiters are employed in both McCullock and Chase Halls. They will be used in all the Business Schools' restaurants. It is expected that the Business School will be able to furnish men for all the waiter positions, but if they do not, men in other branches of the University will be considered. In addition to the regular service opportunity will be given to order special dishes at reasonable additional charges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUSINESS DINING HALLS OPEN FOR LUNCH TODAY | 1/4/1927 | See Source »

...Perhaps it is because he was as strong as an ox and is as bald as a turtle; more likely it is because he has grown with Arizona and shaped it. In 1881 he arrived in Globe, Ariz., at the age of 21, penniless, professionless. First he became a waiter, then a cowpuncher, then a successful businessman. For 14 years before Arizona became a state, he served in the legislature; put through bills forbidding women in the saloons and banning gambling, thereby striking at the social life of the territory. In 1910, as presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: And the Governors | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

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