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...across the aisle and sitting down with the Democrats. He is who he is. And so it looks like we're going to get a Democratic agenda regardless of who wins the presidency. And so arguing against liberalism and a Democratic agenda is always going to be on my plate; it's always going to be the first thing out there regardless of who the President is. I mean, I don't view myself as having to defend my President if he's in my party. That's not my job; that's not how I go about...
...corner office; the same behavior that gets applauded in men gets women labeled ice queens, bad mothers and bitches. In Cashmere, publisher Mia (Lucy Liu) is asked to sign off on a men's-magazine cover, for a story about predatory businesswomen, with a terrified man on a dinner plate and a pair of nail-polished hands about to dig in. "It's the Zeitgeist," a male editor tells her. "Female execs are taking over. Movie studios, Silicon Valley, maybe our next President--God help...
...reality we consume food—particularly red meat—at bargain prices, if you consider the negative externalities involved in its journey from pasture to plate. Imagine that quarter-pound of brisket you ate last night: a widely quoted recent study in the Animal Science Journal shows that the carbon footprint of that beef is 4.11 kilograms, the amount released in about ten miles of driving in an average American car. What if you and thousands of others at Harvard took just a tenth of a pound more brisket than you managed to eat—you might...
...daily challenge of balancing plates through a bustling dining hall just became a whole lot harder, at least for Quincy residents. For the month of February, Quincy House will not provide trays during its Thursday community-only dinners, unless a student specifically requests one. Quincy’s “Trayless Thursdays” came as the result of a collaboration between Quincy House officials and the Resource Efficiency Program, a group that aims to educate students about sustainability. Harvard University Dining Services spokeswoman Crista Martin said that those involved hope that eliminating trays will help achieve a number...
...problem," says Hakim El-Karoui, who along with Rachida Dati - President Nicolas Sarkozy's Justice Minister - founded the 21st Century Club for minority movers and shakers. A former speechwriter for Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, El-Karoui recalls working lunches during Ramadan when he'd cover his plate with his notebook, so Raffarin wouldn't notice he wasn't eating. Occasionally, he'd face the prejudice of exceptionalism: colleagues would refer to him as "a good Muslim," adding that "not all of them are like him." Now an investment banker at the Rothschild banking group in Paris, he finds...