But instead of standing behind the serving table, he actually stood in the food line and sat with homeless persons.

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The imposition of the service charge on that receipt makes it clear that the server could be paid minimum wage (depending on his or her other customers), and not issued the service charge at all, despite serving a table of ten.

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Mr Prescott's working life took him from a job as a steward on cruise ships to the top table of government - serving as deputy prime minister throughout the Blair administration.

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As an example, a serving of white rice has nearly the same effect as eating pure table sugar a rapid, high spike in blood sugar.

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Born in Pittsburgh, Rice spent his childhood by his father's side, learning the Xs and Os while serving as a ballboy and engaging in lengthy debate over the dinner table.

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She punched a few buttons on the computer display of her cash register, electronically communicating our special order to the kitchen, and gave me a table stand with a number on it to identify us to the waiter responsible for serving the tables.

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But in the face of so much upheaval, Elliott - now one of the club's longest serving players - says they are focussing on their job of steering Millwall away from the foot of the table.

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The author is a man of particular tastes: Room accents include serving trays from a 1930s Douglas DC-3 airliner, a WWII-era coffin trolley turned coffee table, and reclaimed jet navigator chairs used as bar stools.

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