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...lips as she mouthed the syllables.Once inside, Roxanna went directly to Frederick’s study. He liked to have the first taste of the bread directly from the market. He would hold the loaf in one hand, looking at it with reverence, and then harshly tear off a chunk of the bread and stuff it in his mouth. Roxanna’s knees always trembled at this moment. Frederick chomped the bread with such manly determination, and yet there was something tragic in his chewing and in the little crumbs of bread that dropped from his laboring jaws. Roxanna...
...Case for Slow Food Thanks for your coverage of the Slow Food movement [Sept. 15]. It is misleading, though, to claim that industrialized food "is the only way to economically feed a global population." There is nothing economical about a system contributing a big chunk of our greenhouse-gas emissions. The drivers of deforestation are large-scale agribusinesses pushing into wetlands in Indonesia and rain forests in the Amazon - not Sunshine heirloom-tomato farmers from Sonoma. Anna Lappé, Brooklyn, New York...
Thanks for your coverage of the Slow Food movement [Sept. 15]. It is misleading, though, to claim that industrialized food "is the only way to economically feed a global population." There is nothing economical about a system contributing a big chunk of our greenhouse-gas emissions. The drivers of global deforestation are large-scale agribusinesses--not Sunshine heirloom-tomato farmers from Sonoma. Anna Lappé, BROOKLYN...
...turmoil sweeps the financial sector, rattling the potential employers of a traditionally large chunk of the senior class, interim leadership will stand at the helm of Harvard’s Office of Career Services, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds announced last Thursday...
...success has come at the expense of his father, who has lost a large chunk of his high-roller business to Melco Crown and others this year. Ho says his mentor has remained supportive. "He's been great," Ho says. "Even when we weren't doing so well, he did give us advice. It's almost like the two of us have formed our own little casino association. When we have meals together, he looks at me as his son rather than a competitor - even though we go after the same piece of chicken sometimes," Ho says...