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...Miller gets a kick out of paying for his groceries at the local Lucky Store in San Mateo, Calif. Even before Lucky's computerized check-out system has finished scanning the bar codes on his coffee, beer and bread, Miller has run his bank card through the system's magnetic strip reader, punched in his personal identification number and poised his finger above a button marked AMOUNT...
...America there is no "just" about a sandwich. Nowhere else in the world are sandwiches taken so seriously, and nowhere else do they make up so large and diverse a culinary discipline. Passions run high in defense of personal favorites and the proper way to make them: Should the bread that holds tuna salad be white or rye, plain or toasted? Is mayonnaise, Russian dressing, butter or mustard the correct spread for ham or turkey or roast beef? Does lettuce have any place at all in a sandwich of sliced meat, and if so, should the lettuce ever be iceberg...
...sandwich lie elsewhere. Already popular in ancient Roman times, it was not officially christened until the mid-18th century, when it was named in honor of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. A dedicated gambler, Montagu one day slapped a slab of meat between two slices of bread so he could eat without getting greasy fingers or being distracted by a fork and knife as he concentrated on the gaming table. This sort of convenience has delighted sandwich fans ever since. Extolling Montagu's contribution in Getting Even, Woody Allen wrote, "He freed mankind from the hot lunch...
...music, he was looking for food: hot tamales, crawfish, gumbo, red beans and rice, barbecue, barbecued shrimp. On a dirt road to nowhere, he stopped at a place called Booga Bottom Store and was served, by a waitress named Heardacine Kemp, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, crowder peas, sliced tomatoes, corn bread and iced tea. There was no menu; you simply sat and accepted the day's fare. "Mississippi," said White. "God love...
Illegal insider trading can take many forms. Advance knowledge that a company is about to introduce a new product, issue a spectacular earnings report or even be the subject of a flattering story can enable investors to reap easy profits on timely stock trades. But the bread and butter of inside traders is tips about takeover bids...