Word: chickening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...come to my attention that approximately one week ago, every newly-elected member of the Phoenix, S.K. final club was given a live chicken and instructed by their elders to keep close contact with them while going to classes, going to final club events and so forth. Apparently, most carry the chickens around in boxes that seem to be a little over a foot square. They get jostled around between classes, take up seats (in their boxes) amongst the noisy crowds in the dining halls and are penned-up in student rooms at night (on the floor). They apparently have...
That radical element of CCTV's programming came under scrutiny earlier this year, after a "BeLive: Crapfest" episode depicting sexual acts being performed on a chicken was broadcast at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 25 and then replayed at 11 a.m. the next...
...less than an hour after the Capuano taping had finished, "Crapfest" comes on the air, again showing sexual acts being performed on a chicken...
...global superpower that can't seem to upgrade its image; the other was considered a upscale comer in the same market, but couldn't seem to take off. So on Wednesday McDonald's ate up Boston Chicken, Inc., the white-hot IPO of 1995 that turned out to be one of the all-time turkeys (and a couple of years ago changed the name of its outlets to Boston Market). The hope is that the world's largest restaurant chain can corner the high end of the fast-food market, while allowing the upstart to benefit from a global marketing...
...million) solvent again, it can easily convert some or all of them into McDonald's or other eateries for significantly less than the cost of building new premises. And, who knows, maybe Ronald McDonald will learn from Boston Market - and those spongy McNuggets will more closely resemble real chicken...