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There are, of course, food purists who treat the microwave with the disdain once reserved for Cheez Whiz -- a product, incidentally, that is undergoing a dramatic resurrection because it is so gooily microwavable. Julia Child generously calls the microwave a "wonderful invention" before adding with a sniff, "I don't go in for it myself. I like regular cooking. I like to smell the food, poke it and look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Requiem for Grilled Cheese | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

...Harvard is Harvard. You know, you don't sniff at it. Things that Harvard does or doesn't do have an impact way beyond the kind of impact you'd expect from an educational institution. What Harvard does or does not do is something that would be copied by other institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 2/10/1990 | See Source »

Harvard is Harvard. You know, you don't sniff at it. Things that Harvard does or doesn't do have an impact way beyond the kind of impact you'd expect from an educational institution. What Harvard does or does not do is something that would be copied by other institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Press Conference Excerpts | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...Harvard is Harvard," Tutu said. "You know, youdon't sniff at it. Things that Harvard does ordoesn't do have an impact way beyond the kind ofimpact you'd expect from an educationalinstitution. What Harvard does or does not do issomething that would be copied by otherinstitutions...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Tutu Proposes New Plan For Harvard Divestment | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...replay of the famous 1987 saga of the garbage scow that couldn't find a home -- only worse. This time the carrier is a 61-car train. On board: 5,000 tons of sewage sludge, most of it treated human waste. It is nothing to sniff at. In fact, nobody wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mississippi: Poo-Poo Choo-Choo | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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