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...Princeton, Howard Johnson's is serving in an unfamiliar Gothic environment without its orange roof, and with only six of its 28 flavors. There is no choice for Princetonians between a "Hot Roast Vermont Turkey Sandwich" and "Delicious Fried Clams." Instead of a waitress beaming down with a menu, a fellow student loads the table with platters of institutionalized cooking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princetonians Eat Johnson's "Home Food" | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

...enough, i.e., under 100 Ibs., for him to fight. After he moved to Seattle with his mother in 1945, Glisson filled in one night for a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant. He made so much noise that a customer, Horse Trainer Ralph King from nearby Longacres, asked the waitress who he was. Said the waitress: "He ought to be a jockey. He's got the build. And those hands." King gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kid with the Cold Eye | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...Series of Quarrels. Guay told police nothing. A slight, boyish-looking man with wavy hair, he had met Rita Morel, in a Quebec arsenal during the war. Their marriage became a long series of quarrels. Last spring Guay began going with a pretty young nightclub waitress named Marie-Ange Robitaille. Rita and her five-year-old daughter moved to her mother's home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Flight to Baie Comeau | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...five men and two women walked in casually and sat down. A few minutes later Barsov appeared with Pirogov. A waitress started toward them. One of the men reached out, seized her firmly by the arm and told her not to move. The seven rose. One tapped Barsov on the shoulder. "Immigration officers," he said. They hustled the Russians into the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFUGEES: Flight from Freedom | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...Said a waitress: "The tall Russian [Pirogov] was tusseling with two or maybe three men. They had him against a fence. The poker-faced fellow was putting up a terrific fight. You should have seen him rolling on the sidewalk with one of the men. They handcuffed him and the tall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFUGEES: Flight from Freedom | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

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