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...prices and healthy meals will be especially appealing to Harvard students, who often opt for less nutritious alternatives, according to Lesser...

Author: By Melissa K. Crocker and Matthew P. Miller, S | Title: New Eatery on Mt. Auburn Offers Wraps, Music to Entice Customers | 4/1/1997 | See Source »

...animated views of Cloud City and the Wampa which look like what every other piece of computer animation (barring Toy Story) you've seen looks like: computer animation. The wonderful thing about the Star Wars movies was that, bound by the lack of technology, the film-makers had to opt for the more difficult process of location shooting and make Tunisia look like Tattoine. And you find, upon viewing, that Tunisia looks more like an actual, physical planet than your computer screen does, whatever you've drawn...

Author: By Benjamin Cavell, | Title: THE EMPIRE FALLS SHORT | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

...keep the union drive from spreading to other Canadian stores, Wal-Mart is considering an appeal. Meanwhile, pro-union employees, slated to be represented by United Steelworkers, milled around Wednesday in a state of shock over their surprise victory. The Wal-Mart union will have 60 days to opt for contract negotiations, a new experience for company management, which for the past few decades has relied mostly on employee ownership to keep workers from drifting to higher-paying jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wal-Mart Goes Union | 2/12/1997 | See Source »

Like other members of the class of 2000, I am eligible for advanced standing. Hark, I hear my dead certainty breathing again. Very recently, I was certain that I would opt to participate. Now, I'm not so sure. This is not the first decision in my life about which I have wavered. Let me tell you, when it comes to decision-making, I think long and hard...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: Advance to Go, Collect $200? | 2/4/1997 | See Source »

...whom you refer later commits a tort you stand a chance of getting sued.'" C. Michael Carrigan, an attorney representing another district added, "I would imagine a lot of (employers), if they couldn't say anything good about the employee without having to say something bad, they'd probably opt for saying nothing." And for employers facing lawsuits at every turn, this belief will doubtless become widespread. At least in California, not only can employers be sued for failing to mention episodes of misconduct, but they also face the possibility of being sued by ex-employees who claim candor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Former Employee? | 1/28/1997 | See Source »

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