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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...through the door. And as she goes on—over the din of laughing and clicking and conversation—we can actually hear the scampi sizzle on the grill, see the chef toss the branzino in a pan. And we are so tempted to order everything our waitress just described...

Author: By Brian M. Goldsmith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Fusilli Valentine | 2/13/2003 | See Source »

...then, was the second bomber?the killer responsible for the smaller bomb at Paddy's? Strangely, he has also been identified as "Iqbal," though police have dubbed him "Jim" to avoid confusion. Based on eyewitness testimony from a waitress at the bar, investigators had previously theorized that the Paddy's bomb went off prematurely and was not a true suicide attack. Four months into the investigation they have revised their opinions: "All forensic evidence now points strongly to the Paddy's bomb having been a suicide," the source says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suicidal Terror | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...afraid of losing our jobs," said a waitress who spoke on the condition that she not be named. "The protest would just be to let people know that they're taking our work away from...

Author: By Mark M. Colodny, | Title: Faculty Club Labor Negotiations Stalled | 2/9/2003 | See Source »

...woman was stabbed to death after midnight on her way home from work. By early June three women, including Wang Guiyu, had been killed and another three survived nearly identical attacks, all within a few kilometers of one another. Then, a few hours after midnight on June 4, a waitress at a Sichuan restaurant was attacked after entering the front gate of her apartment building. She was just meters from her door, on which she had tacked a poster featuring the Chinese character for fortune. The assailant stabbed her repeatedly in the chest, stripped her and sliced off her breasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blood In the Streets | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

...biggest challenge was the Golden Corral, Cooper remembers. The veteran waitresses could carry an impressive total of five plates on their arms. Cooper could carry only a measly two. The manager was too nice to say anything but began gradually cutting her hours until she was almost de facto fired. So Cooper's dad bought her some weights, and she began training. Sure enough, she started to reclaim hours. "She'd rush home and put on that tacky uniform and go off to the little Golden Corral," says Cooper's mother in her most bemused Mississippi drawl. Today Cooper triumphantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cynthia Cooper: The Night Detective | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

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