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...didn't exactly burst into tears of joy when I noticed that my Pushinskaya Square window faces the McDonald's sign, a yellow "M", and the Coke sign. Sings of my glorious American culture. I wasn't proud...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: A Burger at Mickey D's Beats Out The Local Stolovaya Fare Any Day | 8/18/1992 | See Source »

...drool at the idea of a chizburger and a molochny koktayl (milkshake, sounds kind of like a Molotov Cocktail, doesn't it?). Now I'll push my way through the crowds for Coke with...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: A Burger at Mickey D's Beats Out The Local Stolovaya Fare Any Day | 8/18/1992 | See Source »

Only one crucial similarity remains. The food tastes the same. The Coke tastes like Coke, a milkshake tastes like a milkshake. And the hamburger topped with ketchup, mustard and pickle, tastes like, well, a hamburger. So know I know why I, too, worship the glaring yellow "M," the glorious products of a capitalist society. It's because of the food...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: A Burger at Mickey D's Beats Out The Local Stolovaya Fare Any Day | 8/18/1992 | See Source »

Maybe Pushkin wouldn't have written on ode to the Golden Arches. But I'm perfectly happy shelling out my 109 rubles (and rapidly rising) for a cheeseburger, coke and fries. One dollar for a few tastes of home...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: A Burger at Mickey D's Beats Out The Local Stolovaya Fare Any Day | 8/18/1992 | See Source »

Moral ambiguities abounded. In Janesville, Wis., Riley watched as anti-Klan demonstrators violently battled police while Klan members stood peacefully on a hill. "The protesters hit me in the stomach with a can of Coke hurled from 100 ft. away," recalls Mike. "Klan leader Thom Robb is a friendly soul who welcomed us into his home for a spaghetti dinner. He loves his family, but he's looked at the world from upside down for so long that hate has become love and evil has become good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Jul. 6, 1992 | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

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