The NIH puts a further chokehold on universities, and Ireland braces for pharma tariffs

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Good morning, Jason Mast here filling in for Theresa. The Morning Rounds editor has informed me that she has tired of all this debate over potato chips and the curious case of the vanishing sour cream and onion. Therefore, I will move on to french fries. My personal favorite: Thrasher’s, which can be found along the Ocean City, Md. and Rehoboth, Del. boardwalks. Golden brown but not too crispy, peanut oil glistening, with the perfect touch of salt. Douse in vinegar instead of ketchup. Our health secretary of course prefers Steak ’n Shake and their beef tallow offerings (no one tell him they’re first “par-fried” in seed oil). What say you, Morning Rounds reader? Where do you get the perfect fry? And what, pray tell, are you dipping it in?

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