Word: beaning
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...meat is a no-no), but you could always console yourself in Cairo with a "McFalafel," or in Bangkok with a "Samurai Pork Burger." Big Macs are hard to find on the menus of the 80 Mcdonald's outlets in Beijing, which include spicy chicken wings and red bean pie - the Big Mac is there, of course, it's just sporting a more grandiose moniker: "Lu Wu Ba" ("huge incomparable warlord...
...hiring Lutz, Wagoner is making a bold bet: that GM solves its problems not just by exhorting the bean counters to keep cutting costs and endlessly haggling with the unions but also by taking big risks to create exciting, popular products that bring in new revenues. Wagoner and chairman John F. Smith Jr. have carefully laid the groundwork for the kind of product-driven revolution Lutz has in mind. But he has to move fast, for the clock is ticking on his three-year contract...
...among the last of a certain breed of resident deans who worked here for a lifetime,” said Assistant Dean of Freshmen Philip A. Bean. “For the most part, he is representative of a different Harvard...
STARRING: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson...
...budget needs more revenue, you could always add 50 cents to the subway/bus fare, or hike the tax on parking garages - some New Yorkers will pay anything for a luxury. And something might be done with the tolls. But that's for the bean counters. Banning parking would rev all the economic engines that the city runs on, and eliminate the real source of economic dead weight, namely private-vehicle owners who are just waiting for an excuse to get out of town for the weekend anyway...