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...Among their descendents in today’s fast-paced urban Boston, the old ways, though not entirely extinct, are fast fading. “Lifestyles have changed,” says Robert Minturn ’61, a member of the Somerset Club. “Young people work-they have a sandwich at their desk and then go to the gym for 40 minutes. They won’t spend an hour and a half at the Somerset in the middle of the day.” Even the older crowd is more likely to power-lunch...
...need for a place like this.” From Humphrey, the pessimism may be understandable. As Minturn put it, “Rickey said that? Well, yeah, he?...
...prepared to tackle a Double Whopper with Cheese and a large French fries at a downtown Houston Burger King last week, Daniel Minturn, a stocky shipping clerk, paused a moment to reflect on the possible consequences: "I do my best off and on to keep to a diet," Minturn sighed. "But everywhere you turn, it's a warning for this and a warning for that. So what's wrong with just now and then going out and enjoying what you want...
Nothing wrong at all, agree the giants of the fast-food business, who are paying renewed attention to faithful customers like Minturn. After years of putting "lean" and "light" items on menus in a largely futile effort to attract dieters and the health conscious, the industry is focused again on its original mission of delivering loads of yummy, juicy calories as quickly and cheaply as possible. Challenged by competition from new steakhouses, ethnic eateries and drive-through restaurants, the fast-food chains are offering -- and customers are buying -- more generous portions of traditional favorites: bigger burgers, heftier pizzas, and fries...
...worker must prove to a would-be employer that he or she has a right to work in the U.S. "That's going to be a startling revelation to American citizens," says Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming, an author of the act. It proved an unpleasant revelation for Courtney Minturn. She held top security clearance as a federal employee in Washington, and then moved to New Mexico with her new husband Charles Gomez. Earlier this spring, when Courtney Gomez applied for a new job with the Government through a temporary agency, she was told the agency would not send...