Word: uneaten
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...same illogic surrounds the compulsory participation in the system of House dining. An official of the University Food Services says that the average number of meals per week eaten by a Harvard student is about 15. In other words, around a third of a week's meals go uneaten. Would it be so difficult to allow this to be institutionalized? No doubt some students would wish to continue paying the full price and eating all their meals in the dining hall. But could it not be arranged to allow for those who wanted to buy just lunch and dinner...
...their guide. In Segovia, Krogager forgot the name of an inn where the group had contracted to eat dinner. He took the travelers to another place-only to be confronted at meal's end by the irate owner of the scheduled restaurant, who demanded payment for the uneaten meal. In the red by $150 as a result, Krogager decided to recoup the next year by scheduling a trip to Oberammergau. When 450 tourists signed up, he decided that there was a future in the travel business...
...seemed to indicate that perhaps students are not as pleased with the prospect of a residential college as Administrators think they should be. Students complained that one of the primary reasons for moving off-campus was that they spent so little time in the Quad that paying for three uneaten meals a day was expensive and wasteful. They cited classes and extracurricular activities as the major components of their life, and pointed out that these are all centered around Harvard Yard, a mile from Radcliffe...
...strike day dawned bright and clear, many suburban workers bolted from the breakfast table with their kippers uneaten and their cuppas undrunk. To their surprise, there was no need at all to rush. As it turned out. the heaviest road traffic was not going into London but the other way-to beaches, picnic grounds and golf courses. For every brave Briton who had decided to struggle to work, it seemed that at least two simply took the day off. The City of London had one-third its normal inflow of 1,500,000 people. Shops were half empty. Autos zipped...