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Worse yet, the made-to-order system, which is supposed to give the kitchen flexibility to add new menu items, has made some McDonald's slower--adding precious seconds, if not minutes, to a customer's wait at the counter or the all-important drive through, which accounts for about half the chain's sales. A small but vocal number of franchisees--who invested thousands of their own dollars in the kitchen changes--are seething. And customers are also losing patience. "Since they took away the heat lamps, it takes forever--and the food still isn't hot," an Atlanta...
...media-sensation candidate, buoyed by free publicity, could just draw enough votes to swing a tight race. Cutler says he hopes the show at least increases participation in politics or maybe encourages an also-ran to run for Congress someday. The Guarini Administration, however, will probably have to wait--at least until we amend the Constitution to allow voting by 800 number...
This year’s overwhelming dread of fall move-in came in late July. It wasn’t Harvard I feared—who can wait to return to the famed land of red brick and overwork after only a few weeks away? No, it was the actual move-in itself. All those boxes. So much angst built up inside that I exclaimed aloud, “Phew! Thank gosh I don’t ever have to do move-in again after this year...
Were students to enter their courses choices online, course heads and advisors could review their class lists and approve students all at once. The registrar might even save money in the long run. Although we would have to wait until finals in January to see those old folks behind the tables, I’m sure Harvard’s dungeon keepers would feed them well in the meantime...
...NACAC rules are a substantial step forward for high school students. With Princeton and Brown, Early Decision is a one-shot deal: if students apply there early and get rejected, they must wait until the regular admissions cycle to hear any responses—reducing their options and forcing them to compete with many more applicants. But if a student applies Early Decision to Brown and Early Action to Harvard, and is rejected at Brown but accepted to Harvard, then there is no conflict—the student and Harvard benefit, while Brown loses nothing...