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...America, rich and poor, like partisan and bad driver, are terms we reserve for people besides ourselves. Ask a banker and a burger flipper, and they will both tell you that they're middle-class. So it is too on TV. Once, prime time had populist fun with the differences between rich and poor Americans (The Beverly Hillbillies, Good Times, Dallas). But by the late 1990s, both struggling workers and scheming, zillionaire J.R. types had become fewer, replaced by the characters in middle-class soaps (Dawson's Creek) and the cappuccino-quaffing likes of Frasier, Friends and Will & Grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The New Class Action | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...went to McDonald’s,” Patrick says. “And Timmy saved the lettuce from his burger for his turtle...

Author: By Lucas L. Tate, | Title: How to Fail Urban Schools | 9/24/2003 | See Source »

FARE: The first major burger chain to offer premium salads, it will put nutritional info on tray liners and takeout bags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Slim Pickings | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...burger chain Carl's Jr., which is testing ExpressPay, faster lines at the cashier and reduced backups at the drive-through window have brought in new customers. "It's a no-lose situation," says Jason LeVecke, grandson of the chain's founder. Women seem to grasp the advantages of the new system quicker than men--something Amex learned to its surprise in focus groups. "It sure would be easier than fumbling around in my purse," says Tracey Serenka, who had her two sons--Eric, 1, and Jason, 4--in tow at a Carl's Jr. recently. Another advantage over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The See-It-All Chip | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...bring about change and not alienate them. Indeed, when President Bush spoke to Abdullah for 20 minutes by phone last week, say U.S. and Saudi sources, he went out of his way to compliment the Prince on Saudi Arabia's efforts to combat terrorism. --With reporting by Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, James Carney, Eric Roston, Elaine Shannon, Michael Weisskopf and Adam Zagorin/Washington; Amanda Bower/New York; Bruce Crumley/Paris; Gorill Husby/Dar es Salaam; Andrew Perrin/Bangkok; Andrew Purvis/Sarajevo; and Christopher Shulgan and Leigh Anne Williams/Toronto

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After 9: SAUDI ARABIA: Inside the Kingdom | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

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