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...Economics,” Summers has been active at the Kennedy School, where he now has an office. He delivered a fall lecture in a faculty luncheon series, and has been giving his colleagues feedback on their work. Zeckhauser drops by Summers’ office regularly to grab a Diet Coke and to talk shop—the two are currently working on a paper on global warming...
...have this implicit agreement that I get Diet Coke for life in exchange for my having to go entertain him and write papers with him,” Zeckhauser jokes...
Every five years, Congress writes a massive farm bill that impacts the economy, trade, conservation and the American diet. In January the Department of Agriculture (USDA) offered "as a focus of debate" wide-ranging recommendations for how agricultural policies might support rather than subvert dietary guidelines spelled out in its new food pyramid, right. While debate on the details of the bill has traditionally been confined to lobbyists and farm-state politicians, this year the discussion is poised to go public. Among the topics to be addressed: How might government crop subsidies be changed...
...offended when Christians eat pork," says Jacob Neusner. At least not usually. The brilliant--and none too patient--Jewish scholar does recall a religion conference where so much of the other white meat was served that he was reduced to a diet of hard-boiled eggs. One day on the food line something snapped, and he rhymed aloud, "I hope you all get trichinosis/And come to believe in the God of Moses." A fellow conferee instantly replied, "And if we don't get such diseases/Will you believe in the God of Jesus?" Neusner cackles. "That's an example...
...hunger strike continued, the all-fluid diet began to take its toll on some of the students...