Night tennis began at the United States Open in 1975 with certain stars trying to beg out and certain patrons trying to dump unwanted tickets on scalpers.
The brass plaques designating certain tables as belonging to certain patrons — for Bogart, Robert Benchley and Richard M. Nixon — still remain, as do all the mementos donated by famous patrons that hang from the ceiling.
He has a tendency to harass certain patrons if they don't say "please" or if they ask him, "What's your best tequila?" When the noise gets to him, he lowers his trousers, to quiet the room.
Not smoking does no harm to anyone but smoke has a deleterious effect on the health of employees who are exposed their entire work day and week, and on certain patrons who are vulnerable because of their age or health problems.
Yet for certain patrons, Correggio was lively in a different way.
Staff are encouraged to report on the activities of certain patrons and ply them with rewards like free food and drinks.
They told of their gratitude to certain patrons, who had introduced them to people or helped them get into a workshop, and of frustrations with others who favoured family members, 'ate' or 'sat' on resources, or who demanded that they volunteer for nothing while promising eventual employment.
If you might be upset at the sight of certain park patrons being unobtrusively escorted to the front of the line.
He had long been an eager consumer of standup comedy, especially Chris Rock's breakthrough HBO specials, and in New York he tried telling some of his own funny stories at open-mike nights and so-called "bringer" shows, during which comedians who bring a certain number of patrons are given a similar number of minutes.
"At the opening a television crew arrived, led by a certain Madame Cuttoli, a patron of tapestry and a fabulous character.
