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Other kinds of American lawsuits provide even greater cause for alarm. In 2002, the families of several obese teenagers sued McDonald’s, claiming that the fast-food giant was responsible for making their children fat. The plaintiffs asserted that McDonald’s had deliberately misled them by withholding information about the nutritional content of its food. The mother of one of the teenagers, who, at 15, weighed in at over 400 pounds, claimed that she had “always believed McDonald’s was healthy...
Take it from someone who grew up overweight—being fat is no fun. But it’s also not the fault of fast-food companies, whose greasy, salty, sugary offerings Americans have consumed in excess for decades. By suing and attempting to extract punitive awards from these companies, obese Americans shift ownership for a very serious health problem to restaurants and away from themselves. Not only is this transfer of blame mildly delusional (induced, perhaps, by over-medication), it also damages efforts at addressing America’s obesity epidemic, which only stands a chance of being...
...Right after I hit that,” Vance remembered after the game, “I just took off as fast as I possibly could...
...Lurtz’s ’07 incredible costumes do wonders for the ambience. Finally, kudos to Simon E. Chin ’05, the production’s dramaturg, for condensing Aesychlus’ trilogy and other works of the cycle into a whole that, though fast-paced and at times elliptical, functions dramatically within time constraints...
...that we had not yet sufficiently tapped into this season,” sophomore seven-seat Katie Golden, formerly the three-seat, said. “It always helps to follow a new back and become more aware of how you need to row to make the boat go fast...