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...training for a decathalon or possibly a swimsuit competion, Hartl says he is merely keeping in shape. hall counter. Hartl, who admits he oftenchooses his dinner with an eye to Harvard DiningServices' (HDS) new "Nutrition Bites" nutrientcounters, says tonight's choice--spaghetti withmarinara sauce and meatballs, and a salad oflettuce and broccoli--is fairly standard...
Customers who returned today found a virtually empty room, bereft of tables and chairs. A salad bar and two blackboards with menus were the only indications that the locale had once been a restaurant which served a variety of soups, salads and sandwiches...
Benitez should have left the book as a jigsaw puzzle of touching, observant portraits of characters with charming names: Candelario Marroquin, the salad-maker who loses his job when he makes a tragic, comically botched Caesar salad, Fulgencio Llanos the photographer, Rafael Beltran the teacher, Cesar Burgos the fisherman. The theme of funny little people with funny little lives and little dreams--Marta Rodriguez, a chambermaid in a hotel, dreams of leaving Mexico for El Paso and working in a house--was strong enough to sustain the story...
...mortgage-bank clerk in Northridge, sleeps on the kitchen floor, ready to roll under the table when necessary. Phoebe Sharaf, a middle-aged Santa Monica social worker, refuses to go to the movies because she fears dark enclosures. Some Angelenos keep hard hats -- or even heavy-duty salad bowls to be used as helmets -- at the ready on their night tables. Others keep a packed bag in their car, parked outside the garage...
After Harvard does get the tenured U.S. Latino professor, as it inevitably will, these students will then want a Latino professor of a particular gender, then professors to represent each and every Latin American country. These students want to turn the Faculty of Arts and Sciences into a varitable salad bar. Where are the garbanzo beans...