Word: eating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with something to read while she ate. At last week's party for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, she pored over The Story of the Gettysburg Address and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Her dinner partner, Senator Edmund Muskie, gently interrupted her reading to coax her to eat her spinach timbale. Later, with a flourish, Amy gave Muskie a souvenir-her place card, on which she had inscribed EAT YOUR SPINACH. Perhaps Amy will start a trend. Asked Washington Post Columnist Judith Martin: "If the book was better than the table conversation, which is certainly possible on state...
...pressures on them, most fuel and utility companies are willing to strike a deal with dilatory customers. But with fuel consumption running 20% ahead of normal in some areas and costs soaring, the bite remains real enough. Says Litchfield's Knight: "It's a real dog-eat-dog winter...
Differing options also confront students at Dartmouth. They can contract to eat either 21, 14 or 7 meals during a week. Or they may choose, as many commuters do, to eat either ten or five meals from Monday through Friday. All freshmen at Dartmouth must take either the 21 or 14 meal plan, according to Jerry Gambel, Catering Manager. Sophomores and juniors sign up for a board contract, while only a few seniors go the contract route. Rumor has it the only complaints have been from dining hall checkers, who must deal with hungry jocks who demand more than their...
...must hassle with coupons or punching tickets, Brown's system is completely computerized. Each student who takes out a board contract has a specially validated ID. At each meal, he or she inserts it into a computer unit. The machine then prints out how many meals the student can eat during a week and how many he or she has already consumed...
...consideration as a cost cutting measure, but then faded, was the abolition of unlimited second portions. "That would be a total disaster," Weissbecker said. "I visited one school that tried it, and they almost had the students rioting. It would be unfair to limit the amount of food students eat," he added...