Word: fork
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...Ford Motor Co.'s assembly plant near Atlanta. His tour guide: Henry Ford II. Dinner that night at the mansion of Georgia Governor George Busbee will feature spinach soufflé, thinly sliced veal and vanilla mousse--all foods especially selected for eaters unskilled in the use of a knife and fork. TIME...
...there was no more food to serve, nor trays to serve it on. And those who were “lucky” enough to arrive during normal hours were indeed fortunate in comparison—some intrepid students successfully located a bowl of chicken rice soup and a fork to eat it with. Jami Snyder, a spokesperson for Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), claims that the rush of 900 students served in Quincy on Sunday night—a number that does not include those turned away, but is still larger than that night’s Annenberg horde?...
...find an elegant brunch spread, complete with fine meats and cheeses, Boston cream pies, and sumptuous entrées. The tables were draped with white table-cloths, and the parents of juniors filled the tables of the stately hall. But the next night, I was back to sticking my fork into boiled chicken prying what little meat there was off the bone. The salad bar was once again my best friend...
...true, of course, that no family's child-care worries last forever. But the kind of care on offer affects everyone, whether they're changing nappies or not. For one thing, over the next four years Australian taxpayers will fork out more than $A9 billion to subsidize child care. A shortage of places is keeping women - and their much-needed skills - out of a workforce in which they play an increasingly important role. There's ample international evidence, too, that the quality of a country's child care affects the way its kids grow up. And if - as many experts...
...rate fractionals are selling, the next stop could be, say, Talladega, Ala., or Hanover, Pa., where the nascar and horse crowds hang. A wild thought, perhaps. But when cattle used to outnumber people in the Roaring Fork Valley, who would have believed a visitor could find this place, let alone drop a million bucks to stay on Durant Avenue so he could boogie at the Belly Up club...