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...avoid bloodshed by sitting down for reconciliation talks with Suu Kyi's NLD. The hope is that dialogue might lead to a power-sharing agreement that recognizes the 1990 election results. So far, the junta has pointedly ignored the 62-year-old democracy activist. Indeed, recently passed constitutional guidelines bar Suu Kyi from holding power because she lacks military experience and was married to a foreigner. But Suu Kyi clearly has the vote of some in the Buddhist clergy, as evidenced by their symbolic visit to her house. "Even if they are not political, the monks hear stories about...
...message out, Wansink conducts some of his lab studies in unscientific, attention-grabbing ways that many of his academic peers find showboaty. Some dismiss his work as "Happy Meal studies." Wansink counters that his approach hits people where they live--and eat. "Once you're in a bar giving people chicken wings, people say, 'Oh, I can relate to that,'" he says, referring to an experiment in which he showed that subjects watching the Super Bowl at a bar ate 28% more chicken wings when the waitresses cleared the bones from the table than when the bones piled up. "That...
...restaurant food be made “fresh to order”? But here’s the hitch: Wagamama is a fast food joint. Was the last Big Mac you ate “made fresh to order”? Modeled after the noodle bars that are ubiquitous in Japan, this British chain made its U.S. debut in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, with its second branch opening up this summer in Harvard Square. Wagamama has all the markings of the average fast food haven: a line out the door twenty diners deep, the decibel level...
...losing sort of a funkiness.” Nevertheless, for Gifford the sanitization is a not an unwelcome change. “We were sort of like a mini combat zone in the 80s,” she says. “There was a proliferation of bars, late-night drunks. Store windows were being broken, cars were being vandalized…it was just a nightmare.”Rising rents slowly weeded out the less profitable. Today, eating in the Square is largely divided between high-volume fast food and fine dining. There is a distinct lack...
...mayonnaise/mustard, lettuce, and tomatoes on the other slice of bread. Pick up your fried egg from your friendly dining hall chef and place it between your two slices of bread. Warning: this sandwich can get very messy! 2. Cucumber Salad Grab a bunch of cucumber slices from the salad bar and set aside in a large bowl. In a small bowl, mix together 1 cup white vinegar, ¼ cup vegetable oil, 1 cup water, and ¼ cup sugar (or sugar substitute). Mix ingredients together and add more sugar as needed. Pour over cucumbers and toss lightly. 3. Apple...