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...were about. Parks was the son of a poor tenant farmer in Kansas. After his mother died, he was sent to St. Paul, Minn., to live with relatives but was soon turned out of their house. His high school was the streets. He was working as a railway car waiter in the 1930s when he picked up a magazine left behind by a passenger and had his first look at the indelible images of Depression-era America made by Dorothea Lange and other photographers for the Farm Security Administration, the FSA. By that time he had already been a semi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Final Snapshot of Gordon Parks | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

...questions by indicating either a YES card or a NO card. The amount of homework Shipon- Blum assigns surprises many parents. When shopping with their parents, for example, kids are encouraged to hand the money to merchants. And in restaurants, children are supposed to give their order to the waiter by pointing out what they want on the menu, rather than have parents do the talking for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Abby Won't Talk | 1/29/2006 | See Source »

...sweet Jesus. Let’s just go edit, Evan, seriously. We can just leave a tip for the waiter...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let’s Make Out | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

...return, Gillis’ parents were supportive, but firm: he needed to get a job, and start paying rent. Gillis began as a food-runner in a “four-diamond” restaurant in his hometown, and worked his way up the chain to become a waiter. “I made a lot of money, spent a lot of time with the family, read a lot, tried to figure out things, looked for new inspiration in my life, and honestly I wasn’t that successful because I didn’t have a plan...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Harvard to Home and Back Again | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

...However, waiter Curt Gilbert opined that Legal should have occupied not one, but 31 spots on the list. After all, “all 31 locations are different...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mayan Ruins, the Eiffel Tower, And—Baked Cod? | 10/6/2005 | See Source »

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