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  • She gets to ask the silliest question ever asked while snuggling next to Jerry in a sleeping-car berth: "I'm not crowding you, am I?"

    'Hugo': A Dazzler, but No Victor Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Herstein went on to organize couture seamstresses, steel workers, packing house workers, newspaper reporters, coal miners, and sleeping-car porters.

    Lillian Herstein. 2009

  • In Atlanta, Georgia, Oscar came close to blows with the Pullman car attendant who told him that although his valet, Traquair, was indeed in possession of a valid sleeping-car ticket, nevertheless, as a black man, he could not take advantage of it.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • In Atlanta, Georgia, Oscar came close to blows with the Pullman car attendant who told him that although his valet, Traquair, was indeed in possession of a valid sleeping-car ticket, nevertheless, as a black man, he could not take advantage of it.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • In Atlanta, Georgia, Oscar came close to blows with the Pullman car attendant who told him that although his valet, Traquair, was indeed in possession of a valid sleeping-car ticket, nevertheless, as a black man, he could not take advantage of it.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • In Atlanta, Georgia, Oscar came close to blows with the Pullman car attendant who told him that although his valet, Traquair, was indeed in possession of a valid sleeping-car ticket, nevertheless, as a black man, he could not take advantage of it.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • In Atlanta, Georgia, Oscar came close to blows with the Pullman car attendant who told him that although his valet, Traquair, was indeed in possession of a valid sleeping-car ticket, nevertheless, as a black man, he could not take advantage of it.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • Today, independent media rely on viral Internet; Abbott cultivated thousands of black sleeping-car porters – he advocated for them in print, and they transported his paper by the bundles from Chicago to cities and towns throughout the South.

    What Indy Media Heroes Can Teach Us 2008

  • Today, independent media rely on viral Internet; Abbott cultivated thousands of black sleeping-car porters - he advocated for them in print, and they transported his paper by the bundles from Chicago to cities and towns throughout the South.

    Jeff Cohen: What Indy Media Trailblazers Can Teach Us 2008

  • One of the first of these is a case of what we would now call insider trading, whereby, in return for services rendered, the aspirant entrepreneur acquired some sleeping-car stock that was poised to leap in value.

    Rich Man’s Burden 2006

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