Word: cafeteria
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...mature students. Other schools are discounting application fees, while some are resorting to American-style innovations: nearly half accept interviews and essays in place of written entrance exams; and venerable Kyoto University, the second oldest college in Japan, even offers organic coffee, local sake and microbrews in its cafeteria...
...Bank’s expensive taste extends to more than just the façade of the offices. Every minute detail is taken care of with expert attention. The bank has an employee credit union, its own subsidized cafeteria, a subsidized dry-cleaning and laundry service, and a cheap DVD rental station. The janitorial army keeps the place spotless, and even the office plants—the abundance of which resemble a veritable jungle—have a specialized staff designated for their care, including pruning, watering, fertilizing, and even curing ailments such as fungus or diseases...
...Renée Garfinkel, a staff member of the American Psychological Association, "the low level of intellectual effort was shocking. Diagnoses were developed by majority vote on the level we would use to choose a restaurant. You feel like Italian, I feel like Chinese, so let's go to a cafeteria. Then it's typed into the computer. It may reflect on our naiveté, but it was our belief that there would be an attempt to look at things scientifically...
After interrogating the two terrorists still alive after the Vienna raid, Austrian police began a search for a fourth conspirator, who they say gave the three gunmen weapons and instructions at the city's Hilton Hotel shortly before the attack began. Police also found a receipt at the Hilton cafeteria for four breakfasts--coffee, rolls and eggs--that the terrorists appear to have consumed that morning, and forensic tests of the contents of the dead gunman's stomach corresponded to that fare. The Austrians were grimly discreet as they pressed their investigation, taking care to avoid the glare of unwelcome...
Stopping at the employee cafeteria for a morning cup of coffee, staffers at ABC's midtown Manhattan headquarters are apt to find an unlikely table mate these days: the big boss. Unlike his predecessors, new ABC President John Sias often mingles with the troops at breakfast rather than repairing to the 40th-floor executive dining room. "It's not good to use all the executive perks and ask others to cut back," says Sias, 59, a former paratrooper known for his practical jokes and the Captain Marvel T shirts he sometimes wears under his suit and tie. "It's important...