Word: grilling
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What's the bottom line? Wireless companies like Jamdat and Infospace are getting panting attention from venture capitalists convinced that cell-phone services are their newest gold mine. Wall Street has started to grill every consumer company about its wireless strategy. But this hypefest isn't quite like the dotcom delusion. "This started with a business model," notes Disney's Shapiro. "We're being prudent...
...Bigari, a McDonald's franchisee and part-time inventor in Colorado Springs, Colo. For the past two years, customers at seven of his restaurants have chatted with call-center workers across town who key in orders and then shoot them back to the restaurant, where computer monitors tell the grill guy what to grill, a drinks-and-fries person what else to grab and the window worker which car gets the bag. That division of labor lets in-store employees focus on food prep, says Bigari, 45, and makes for faster, friendlier service. A survey taken a year after...
...give their students this kind of access to politicians, and Harvard students should be mindful of the fact that they have this privilege. Audience members must be courteous to speakers and allow them to talk without interjections. This, of course, does not mean that when given the chance to grill speakers, students should be deferential. They should pose difficult questions, but they should do so in a way that is both strong and respectful...
...ideal progressive living arrangement, there would be a vegetarian and vegan option at every meal, along with kosher and hallal options and alternatives for any other foreseeable dietary restrictions. But there would also be a George Foreman grill, and not just for grilled cheese sandwiches, but for burgers and chicken and steaks. In the springtime, we would smother our meats in savory sauces and celebrate the glory of humankind at the barbeque, all the while basking in the warm, fuzzy feeling that comes from devouring delicious, dead animals...
...about a year, we’re going to graduate, move miles away from our best friends, and abandon the generous grill chefs who deliver omelets to our breakfast tables. We will move on to a world of jobs, taxes, spouses, health insurance, family vacations to Disney World, cardiologists, and other such grown-up preoccupations...