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What distinguishes the fast food chains is thatthey put them off street into a nice airconditioned, well lit environment. They bringstreet foods, domesticate them and sanitize themand put them on sale behind a counter: that's whatI am calling fast food chains. In Hong Kong, thereare four or five different places that have takenChinese style fast food right off the street andput them on the menu. McDonald's doesn't really dothat, but there are places in Hong Kong that do.Some of the stuff's not bad. Some of it's prettygrim. I've tried all of them...
...many different occasions to the fluorescent posters stapled to the lamp posts and bathroom stalls of the University by numerous organizations on campus. Some students may ignore the different views suggested to them as they wait for their bus ride to class, while others feel compelled to voice their counter argument. Still, some can do nothing but tug at those advertisements and toss them in the trash, omitting any possible threat that they perceived. They simply pretend those opinions don't exist...
...stood beside women to seek equality of the sexes, straight people are an integral part of the fight for gay rights. In churches, in the media, in Congress and on campus, heterosexuals can speak with tremendous power and influence precisely because they are heterosexual--because they directly counter stereotypes and prejudices...
...biggest offender is the act of typing itself. We just were not made for it. Typing is counter-evolutionary. We evolved to chase cheetahs and bounce babies and roam free and use a variety of muscles, not sit for hours a day (or night) and overwork our weakest muscles by typing...
...everyone knows, or should know, sophomores in the Quad houses have far better chances of getting singles than their river-dwelling counter-parts. Juniors and seniors are guaranteed them. They're nice singles, too: the rooms in Quad houses range from decent to luxurious, and even the smallest is comparatively spacious. None of your tiny, dingy sophomore quarters or "walk-through" rooms here. (I still remember a Dunster friend's sophomore-year room with a shudder: it was smaller than my closet...