Diners Club International

Diners Club International (DCI), founded as Diners Club, is a charge card company formed in 1950 by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider, and Matty Simmons. It was the first independent credit card company in the world, and it established the concept of a self-sufficient company producing credit cards for travel and entertainment. Diners Club International and its franchises service affluent and well-travelled individuals from around the globe, with operations in 59 countries.

Origins

The idea for Diners Club was conceived at the Major's Cabin Grill restaurant in New York City in 1949. Diners Club cofounder Frank McNamara was dining with clients and realized he had left his wallet in another suit. His wife paid the tab, and McNamara thought of a multipurpose charge card as a way to avoid similar embarrassments in the future. He discussed the idea with the restaurant owner at the table, and the following day with his lawyer Ralph Schneider and friend Alfred Bloomingdale.

Club International

Club International is a British magazine that depicts softcore pornographic pictures of women. It is a sister magazine of American magazine Club. Club International was founded in 1972 and is published every four weeks, making thirteen issues per year. Each edition consists of one hundred printed pages and is staple-bound, with the exception of the slightly larger 'special edition', published at the start of each new volume, which has some 120 pages and flat glued binding.

Publisher

Club International is published by Paul Raymond Publications, which publishes eight of the UK's ten top adult magazines. Along with Mayfair Magazine, Club International is considered the most upmarket of Raymond's top shelf productions, with the photo spreads generally featuring more attractive models shot by experienced photographers.

Content

Each edition of Club International features ten photosets, with the exception of the slightly larger 'special edition' which features between twelve and thirteen sets. The photosets are usually single-girl shoots but there are also lesbian scenes. The shoots are generally softcore, and as such do not feature any sort of penetration or oral-genital contact. However some photoshoots feature the occasional 'pink' shot, where a model exposes her vaginal lips. During the early to mid-1980s, a regular feature was 'Club Event', a picture sequence involving a group of models (usually about half a dozen) performing a form of striptease around a central theme such as a Christmas party, or whilst wearing (and removing) various types of uniforms.

Club

Club may refer to:

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Software

Food

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