Word: smorgasbord
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...Pushing exams back, compressing reading period and exams, etc. will thwart that kind of work, and no J-term can make up for it. I fear that we may trade seriousness—about academics, the arts and athletics—for a stress-free holiday and some smorgasbord course offerings in January...
Even the most health-conscious eaters may have missed out on the smorgasbord of low-fat and low-cholesterol options that Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) cooked up last night in its ongoing effort to promote healthful eating during National Nutrition Month...
...honest, there's nothing too radical here. As Page admits, his aim was to "do everything - Aboriginal content, a bit for the conservatives, a bit for the crazies, a bit of a circus. A universal smorgasbord." That he's delivered. By the end of the first week, there were the usual hits (The Overcoat) and misses (Night Letters). The former, a piece of bravura theater-making from Canada, mixes Buster Keaton with Gogol and - after seven years on the festival circuit - purrs like a Rolls-Royce. Letters, the State Theatre Company of South Australia's new four-hour adaptation...
...look back. Just ask the vintage aficionados, some of whose best customers are fashion designers in search of inspiration. "Gucci bought [1960s] bathing suits and told us to look for [them] on the runway," says Sara George, a co-owner of Miami Twice, a 5,000-sq.-ft. smorgasbord of everything from new $8 tank tops to $2,500 Civil War--era Irish-lace wedding gowns. Anna Corinna is always on the lookout for pieces for designers. And though she won't name names, she will offer a glimpse of what could be on the way: "One designer called recently...
...studios. Religious films could be a tattered genre Hollywood could revive, making a few bucks and a lot of converts to the old magic of movies. At least, it would indicate that liberal Hollywood isn't afraid of serving up the occasional helping of traditional values alongside its usual smorgasbord of guns, fists, tits and smirk...