Nine midshipmen at the Naval Academy recently asked the American Civil Liberties Union to petition the school to abolish daily prayer at lunch where attendance is mandatory.
The cuisine is some of the best available at sea, with everything cooked to order and a low-fat, low-calorie alternative menu offered daily at both lunch and dinner.
The parent of the high school student who eats nothing but chips daily at open campus lunch.
WHAT WE LIKED From a menu that changes daily: raw vegetable sandwich (at lunch only), tuna tartare, Boston lettuce salad, Nantucket scallop crudo, flatbread with wild mushrooms and speck, white beans with cockles, orecchiette with lamb Bolognese, orecchiette with sweetbreads, pan-roasted Chatham cod, venison loin with foie gras dirty rice, upside-down apple cake.
Cost per person: Priced at $ 7,792 USD per person (based on a four-person group); includes five-star accommodations, all experiences, private car and driver throughout, daily breakfast, lunch at private chateau, garden party in a vineyard, lunch on a boat in Arcachon Bay followed by a visit to an oyster hut.
Most entrees cost only $7.95 at dinner and $4.95 at lunch (four daily specials are priced at $8.95 and $9.95).
During anesthesia rotations as permitted by rotation duties, resident may attend pediatrics conferences (daily at 8am & noon (lunch included)) & peds grand rounds Friday 8am.
Running a commercial enterprise, even one as friendly as sandwich-making, can be daunting, said Robert Calvillo, executive director of Affordable Homes, who got the idea of starting a fast-food outlet after he noticed how many students from a medical training institute near his office headed to lunch daily at nearby fast-food restaurants.
While the younger brother prayed daily during lunch breaks at Rindge and Latin, and at least on occasion in his university dormitory, he never appeared especially devout, even telling one teacher, "I'm really not into that".
