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 Post subject: Low-carb, low-effort
PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2004 4:20 pm 
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CHICAGO (AP) … Take a piece of pita bread, a little tuna,
some olives and capers and … presto … it's a low-carb ``sort of
Mediterranean'' pizza. The impact of the Atkins diet, the South
Beach diet and other low-carbohydrate eating plans is
everywhere at this year's food industry show of new products.<p>***Take a bunch of ingredients and whip up a shitty lede!!!


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 Post subject: Re: Low-carb, low-effort
PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2004 12:36 pm 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by slummingreporter:
People who use "impact" as a verb when they really mean "effect" should be covered in honey and buried to the neck in the ant hills.<hr></blockquote><p>Bless your heart, Slum. Though I think you mean "affect" (as transitive verb). Can you imagine how many people your judgment would affect (or "impact")? There wouldn't be a single M.B.A. left in the country.


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 Post subject: Re: Low-carb, low-effort
PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2004 2:31 pm 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by JPSheehan:
<p> There wouldn't be a single M.B.A. left in the country.<hr></blockquote><p>And that would be bad because ...?


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 Post subject: Re: Low-carb, low-effort
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2004 1:49 pm 
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Without MBAs, who would the lawyers talk to? Wait, I think I'm on to something...


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