Word: pies
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Sodexho launched a counteroffensive, including an advertising campaign in which it pointed out that its 110,000 employees are as American as the apple pie they serve the Marines. It also enlisted some powerful allies such as Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen, in whose Maryland district Sodexho is headquartered, and New York Senator Charles Schumer, whose state is home to 8,600 Sodexho workers. Schumer personally lobbied Rumsfeld and has been in daily contact with the Pentagon on the issue. The efforts were repaid last Friday, when Schumer's office was notified that the Secretary of the Navy would soon...
...When I met with marketers, they showed me a [demographic] pie,” Lin says. “They said, ‘Asian-American spending patterns are the same as white people’s, so we just consider them white...
...mother’s “taco pies” served for lunch last week in Leverett House. In a situation curiously parallel to an incident that occurred over 30 years ago, Alyssa Neggeson’s taco pies were first sampled in the back of a kitchen by a 16-year-old dishwasher. Brian M. Bringiz ’03, Heggeson’s roommate, skipped the meal. “I can eat Alyssa Neggeson’s taco pie anytime I want,” commented Bringiz. “I’ve been feasting...
Baseball ranks up right up there with—dare I say it—apple pie as a prototypical “American” phenomenon, and for good reason. As the most affordable of the major professional sports, baseball-in-the-flesh is accessible to more stratums of society than, say, football. It’s also a melting pot, boasting an incredibly diverse array of players with the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Korea, Japan and, yes, Canada among the countries represented. There’s truly something for everyone at the ballpark...
...contestant used a knife and fork, while another picked up his pie and tried to eat it like a sandwich. Another even removed his shirt in preparation for the competition...