Word: waiters
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...characteristic luxury and exclusivity eroded as the War wore on. Admissions requirements relaxed in order to attract students to replace the drafted, and considerations of religion and social background began to lessen in importance. The Houses’ dining halls, which had until 1943 featured menus and waiters, switched to cafeteria style due to a shortage of wait staff. Bunk beds were introduced for the first time in order to maximize living spaces’ efficiency. Many of the school’s elite clubs and social organizations, like the Harvard Advocate, suspended operations. Others allowed their resources...
...most powerful pieces speak to twentieth century African-American cultural heritage. A 1920’s advertisement depicting a subservient black waiter serving a chocolate concoction stands next to several modern deconstructions of other such exploitations of black culture in marketing...
...Julia L. Renaud ’09), whose husband has dumped her earlier that day, and the newlywed couple Hal (Simon N. Nicholas ’07) and Sian (Catrin M. Lloyd-Bollard ’08). Paige—with the help of a silent and frighteningly obedient waiter chillingly played by Jeremy R. Steinemann ’08—has engineered a bizarre evening for the group, starting with barely-concealed hostility and escalating into histrionics and violence, hitting on issues of sex and class along the way. Tensions are not relieved by the appearance of Mike...
Lissome young women dressed in demure earth tones smiled their way through the room, brushing shoulders with men turned out in their finest tweed. The murmur of conversation rose and fell in intensity as people paused to take discreet sips from their wine glasses. A waiter stopped before a chatting pair, silently proffering a tray of filo pastries topped with pear and ricotta—don’t mind if I do! FM crashed the after party for the History and Literature Centennial Celebration, held last Saturday in Emerson Hall. Having observed panel discussions among 11 of the department?...
...relaxed such meetings used to be, and how tense and paranoid, even Soviet, they've become. We didn't talk so much as whisper, all the while eyeing the felt-covered furniture around us, half expecting a bearded agent to pop out from behind a fake plant, or the waiter to slip a listening device under the sugar bowl. Instead of discussing how Iran could avoid a nuclear crisis with the West, we talked about how we could avoid being labeled enemies of the state. Who cares about uranium enrichment when you spend your days and nights fretting over whether...