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Back in February, the University gave Radcliffe dining hall shop steward Sherman Holcombe his walking papers; Holcombe claimed it was because of his union activity, but the University said it was only because he cooked a batch of cauliflower au gratin too early. Well, we like our cauliflower au gratin cooked right just as much as the next guy, but we can't help doffing our hats to that feisty shop steward who set the Food Services on their ear for a couple of months. Holcombe's suspension inspired brunch boycotts, demonstrations, and the most protracted rash of protest song...
Glazer is well qualified to speak on the subject of minorities. In Beyond the Melting Pot (1963), he and his co-au thor Daniel ("Pat") Moynihan pointed out that ethnic ties were strengthening in America, not weakening as many people thought (or hoped) at the time...
...race, the Crimson also encountered its share of crabs and choppy water, but unfortunately it did not find the order as easy to digest, as this time it was the boats from Penn and Navy which bid au revoir to Harvard...
...this year's edition of the Guide Gault-Millau, France's sprightliest food publication. (The spa also has a gourmand menu for the calorie-careless.) The more conservative and authoritative Guide Michelin, which awarded two stars to Guérard's first restaurant, Le Pot au Feu, outside Paris, has just given two stars to the Eugenie-les-Bains establishment-an unusual distinction for what is, after all, essentially a fat farm...
...painter mixes colors-until he obtains the exact shade that he wants," says Guérard in one of his favorite painting metaphors. But it is deliciously simple in taste and calorie count. One of Guérard's favorite dishes, l'aiguillette de caneton au poivre frais (breast of duckling in pepper sauce), packed a belt-whopping 700 calories per serving in his original version; the minceur variety contains 280. Guérard can prepare a celestial blanquette de veau, which to most Frenchmen is something only their mothers can do properly; but Guérard...