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Word: waitressing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...comedy set in Boston, O'Neill ducks into the bar to avoid a woman who tries to tell him her political views and who turns out to be a waitress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cheer'ful Debut for House Speaker O'Neill | 1/19/1983 | See Source »

...Dustin Hoffman can wear a dress to get his movie character an acting job, Richard Pryor can wear a dress in his job as a waitress. Pryor plays an underemployed journalist who, for $10,000, agrees to act as the baby-sitter in the swimming pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Make 'Em Laugh! Make 'Em Pay! | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

...Newman: "Yeah, but you'd screw up second gear"). The only "Paul Newman" nonsense of the evening is harmless: a very pretty teen-age waitress turns pink and forgets her list of pies as she stares at Paul. He twists his nose goofily between thumb and forefinger and goes cross-eyed; she turns pinker and hides her face, bubbling with giggles. Someone tells him that he did well in an hourlong nuclear-freeze interview for Ted Turner's Cable News Network; he is not sure. On the air he knows his material cold, but some instinct for humility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Newman: Verdict on a Superstar | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

Marie Kenney, Local 26's business agent and a former waitress at the Faculty Club, said that in addition to strategic reasons, there were moral grounds for keeping the rank and file informed of the progress of the contract negotiation...

Author: By John N. Riccardi, | Title: Food Workers to Bargain Aggressively | 11/16/1982 | See Source »

...game of three-card monte, and thrown out of a fleabag hotel by a seedy clerk. He pawns his gold ring and buys a "survival knife." When a black pimp tries to mug him, Edmond rewards his assailant with a series of brutal kicks. After bedding a waitress pickup, he sinks the knife into her and kills her in a transfer of fury. Jailed, he is forced to perform fellatio by his black cellmate. Implausibly, the two become lovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: I Hate New York | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

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