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...cafe. Dustin L. Frankus, the manager of Grendel’s Den, said that business has been looking up and that while they are participating in the promotion, the restaurant hasn’t had trouble attracting students. “Harvard students are kind of the bread and butter here,” he said. —Staff writer Lingbo Li can be reached at lingboli@fas.harvard.edu
...list of things we're supposed to do but generally don't, nothing ranks higher than eating well. And no wonder, considering that they keep changing the rules on us. Margarine was once supposed to be better than butter - until it turned out to be worse. Low-fat eating was supposed to be the way to lose weight - until it was low-carb, then back to low-fat again...
...coupons more, and 39% have postponed or canceled a vacation to save money. Forty percent of people at all income levels say they feel anxious, 32% have trouble sleeping, and 20% are depressed. After a season of big news, of war and storms and swindlers, pirates and poison peanut butter, 43% are watching the news even more, taking the medicine even if it tastes bad because skipping it could be risky. (See the worst business deals...
...good thing the CIA is now out of the overseas prison business. Black sites, waterboarding and renditions were never really the CIA's strong suit. Classical espionage, the CIA's bread and butter, has nothing to do with coercion. And that is not to mention that the prisons have stigmatized the CIA with the worst abuses of the Bush White House. In any case, it is the military that should be holding and handling prisoners of war, not the CIA. (Read Inside the CIA's Secret Prisons Program...
...time to stop whining. The economy might be melting down like a pat of butter on a hot Hummer roof, but for some people - you, maybe? - this could be a very good thing...