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Food is fad--it's gone the second we swallow it--and one day Batali's restaurants will seem musty and trite. But at least for now, Batali--partly because he is a man of catholic, unquenchable appetites--seems to know exactly what our overfed country is hungry for. (It's also not terribly surprising that a country where nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight venerates a large guy as a cooking icon.) Buford notes that Batali once flirted with an apposite motto: "Wretched excess is just barely enough...
...Bush, they may find the votes they need to support a guest-worker program in a conference bill. The Senate Judiciary bill would allow at least 87,000 guest workers a year to apply for permanent residency, a step toward citizenship--which may be more than House Republicans can swallow. But even if guests are explicitly temporary, there is always a great risk that they will nonetheless stick around after their papers expire...
...program, but after an accident on the basketball court prior to last season sidelined junior Greg for his entire sophomore season, this is the last the two will play together.And considering how long they’ve been doing it, that’s no small pill to swallow.“It’s definitely going to be strange once he graduates,” Greg said. “We’ve been playing not only lacrosse but sports in general together as long as I can remember, and it’s going...
More than 3 million Americans a year are victims of that kind of identity theft, according to Javelin Strategy & Research. The average cost to businesses, which usually swallow the losses, is $9,973 per victim. Now legislators and private industry are working to give citizens more ways to protect their credit...
...Lawrence squad, Harvard (17-12-4) made its most important mark of the season and downed the Saints (30-4-2) by a final of 3-1 in the ECAC tournament semifinal on Saturday afternoon. “It’s a tough loss to swallow because we got more scoring opportunities even though we lost,” said St. Lawrence captain Kate Michael following the contest. “This is a wake up call to the whole team. They know they don’t want to feel this way next weekend.” While...