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...respond to the needs of 280 million people all trying to eat at once and do so in the most enjoyable, affordable and nutritious way possible. It's the industry's job to fill the national plate; it's our job to decide which parts of that vast meal we want to eat. --With reporting by Dan Cray/Los Angeles and Maggie Sieger/Chicago
...recalled walking into the secretary’s office to find a vast, empty room, which looked as if it had never been used...
...triggered the crisis that resulted in his government's ouster. And Raffarin's critics ignore some significant achievements. Though economic liberals and some business leaders say it doesn't go far enough, pension reform at the very least is signed and sealed. Raffarin exempted the vast number of smaller businesses in France from the strictures of the 35-hour week. Even his proposal to remove a public holiday from the national calendar to fund programs for the elderly provoked hardly a whimper of protest. But his method of quietly forcing change leaves many longing for a clearer sense of direction...
...which terrorized the countryside until the civil war ended in 1996. "I did nothing that can be considered a crime against humanity," he says. "In '82, we finally got people to organize themselves, defend themselves, take account of their dignity." The frg has pushed long overdue programs for the vast rural poor, but the frg-led government (headed by current President Alfonso Portillo, who is barred by law from another term) is tainted by scandals, including an alleged $44 million bilking of the federal social security fund. In July, Ríos Montt campaign thugs...
...becoming increasingly clear that the dinner hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. are simply not acceptable for meeting undergraduate needs. Harvard students, as everyone connected to the College knows, go to sleep very late at night. Students are forced to eat so early in the evening that a vast majority get hungry again before bedtime. Brain break is not a solution to this problem—the options often aren’t substantial enough to sate serious hunger cravings. In any case, the food at brain break is generally unhealthy—as, of course, are the offerings...