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...THIS HUSTLE and bustle world we live in, it's hard to avoid eating some fast-food every once in awhile. I don't eat red meat and was a happy camper a few years back when the places began offering alternative menus. I was especially happy that I would be able to have it may way at the local Burger King once they began to sell something chickeny for my late-night gastronomical pleasure. Little did I know, though, that Burger King was cooking their chicken sandwich in deadly beef fat, as opposed to more healthful vegetable...
...conscious Americans--myself included--have made the decision to cut down on their intake of red meat. That's not good news for an industry that thrives on selling lots'o'burgers to keep its growth charts from becoming ungrowth charts. Hence, the number of salad bars and alternative menus that have sprung up in fast-food bistros across the land...
...alone do not account for this vogue. Also nibbling on the botanical wild side are serious connoisseurs and health buffs, who for once agree about food. Introduced to these products either by travel or by the immigrants who first imported them, inventive chefs have placed these ingredients on their menus, thereby reaping generous helpings of publicity and attracting a thrill- seeking clientele. Always in search of something new to add to their salads, the health-minded value fruits and vegetables because they have no cholesterol and are generally low in sodium and calories and high in several nutrients. Finally, improved...
...networkers are equally candid about kinks in the computer services. "It's frequently not very much fun," warns Stewart Alsop, who does much of the research and correspondence for his biweekly P.C. Letter on the networks and still gets lost in their labyrinthine menus. Consumers who shop by keyboard complain that on-line service can be sluggish and undependable. Orders placed electronically may reach retailers in a flash, but they are often filled by hand and thus subject to human inefficiencies. A Sears color TV that Hovanees ordered through CompuServe's Electronic Mall never did arrive. And, as Peggy Berk...
...decision to add crispitos and skincredibles was not made in a vacuum. Richard J. Montville, operations manager of the College dining halls, says they are part of an ongoing development in the dining hall system. "We have been changing the menus gradually," he says. "A lot of it is in response to student input...