Word: dish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nothing seems to go right for this movie. The most talented actor, Peter Gallagher, languishes in a coma almost for the duration of the film. The most affecting moment--when Jack proposes marriage to Lucy by dropping a diamond ring into her dish of tokens--comes after such inanity that most of the audience has already tuned...
...Acceptability Factor is Harvard Dining Services' oh-so-scientific attempt to answer the vital question: What percentage of students who walk into the dining hall will actually end up taking a single portion of this dish? With the most scrumptious dishes, students will often take more than a single portion or occasionally even stuff themselves silly with "seconds" or (date we say) "thirds." That's why the numbers for the tastiest entrees are greater than...
...recent Southern Picnic drew quite a fervent student response, too. "It's kind of insulting that they say we eat dirt down south," Texan Julia A. Kidd '98 remarks about the Union's so-called dirt cakes. Maybe HDS was thinking of Mud Pie, a dish that many are familiar with, but the dirt cakes were served with sand pudding instead. Kidd continues, "And what's with this catfish and slaw business? Nobody eats that. Plus, I've never seen a Soho soda before I came here." Kidd's confusion is understandable, as Soho sodas come from New York City...
...chop suey was a whole bunch of stuff mixed together, so people used to take leftovers at the end of the week, grind up the meat, and mix it up." This may not sound too reasuring, but Shaffer further clarifies, "However, here American Chop Suey is not a leftover dish," as he hands me the secret recipe. Don't worry. It really is safe to eat. Finally, Shaffer warns me as I leave the underground dining services labyrinth of the Union, "If your article hurts, we'll come and find...
What a circus! Press from across the country--The Globe, Associated Press, Reuters, People magazine--have set up camp on the sidewalk and in the middle of the street, with cameras, notebooks, videorecorders, and even a portable satellite dish strapped on one radio DJ's belt. The press corps looks as if an entire photographic enthusiasts' convention has taken the wrong turn on its way to the Hynes Convention Center...