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Theodore Dalrymple on The Food Police.

Jacques Barzun on Administering and the Law:

Administering as opposed to administration may be defined by this example. Some years ago a distinguished physician in Boston was doing research on several related afflictions characterized by anemia. He developed a new treatment, which included a strictly controlled diet. One day, entering a patient’s room, he met the nurse coming out with the lunch tray, where he saw each of the prescribed dishes eaten only in part or not at all. He had a sudden revelation of his oversight. The carefully measured gluten, proteins, calories, and vitamins were going into his research paper, not into his patients. He had been making policy; he had not been administering it.