Word: smorgasbords
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...wanted to rob a bank, where would you go? Harvard Square, of course! With branches of at least five major banks right here, robbers have a virtual smorgasbord. Armored cars cruise through Massachusetts Avenue at all hours, ripe for the picking. Crowds swarm in and out of buildings, automatic teller machines abound, payroll packets flit to and fro--it's a robber's paradise...
...wherever you sit at the national smorgasbord, whether you dine off Styrofoam or Limoges, there's the same relentless struggle against the encroachments of billowing flesh. Affluent people have better weapons, of ) course -- StairMasters and NordicTracks -- but even they are sometimes forced to fly first class just to find seats that will accommodate their thighs...
...would never argue that consultants or investment bankers shouldn't have a place at such an event. Students have good opportunities for jobs immediately after college with such firms. But as the event now stands, there's hardly room for anyone else. Students who attended the corporate smorgasbord seemed to share the sentiment. As one student put it, "we can't all work in the same...
...used to be so simple: butter is bad. Margarine is better. Vegetable oils are best. And too much fat of any sort is not good for you. But these easy guidelines have given way to a bewildering -- and at times contradictory -- smorgasbord of dietary dos and don'ts. Salads drizzled with olive oil are O.K. Confections rich in coconut oil aren't. Fish oil gets two thumbs up. Margarine receives rancid reviews. "I swear to God, it's confusing," declares Peter Summers, a retired health-care specialist who lives in San Francisco. "First I went to margarine. But then...
Voters must choose from a bizarre smorgasbord of candidates...