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...Manoukian Foundation and KSG are also working together to develop a custom program for Armenian officials that focuses specifically on Armenian issues. The location and details of this program have not yet been decided, according...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CONRIBUTING WRITER | Title: KSG Seeks To Advise Armenians | 10/11/2002 | See Source »

...industry research group Technomic. (Perennial runner-up Burger King's share dropped to 18.5% from 20.4% during the same period.) Heightened competition from the likes of Subway, which has dethroned McDonald's as nationwide champ in total stores with 13,101, has added to the McWoes. Subs and other custom-made sandwiches are growing 12% a year as a fast-food category vs. a paltry 2% to 3% for burgers. Meanwhile, a range of upstart "fast casual" restaurants such as Panera Bread and Baja Fresh, which serve up a slightly more upscale dining experience, "have raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McDonald's Shape Up? | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...cement Abraham's Jewish identity. The Talmud describes him anachronistically as following Mosaic law and speaking Hebrew. And they severely downgraded Ishmael. Initially, says Shaul Magid, professor of Midrash at New York City's Jewish Theological Seminary, Jewish parents named their boys after Abraham's Arab son, but the custom evaporated as they began living under Muslim rule. By the 11th century the great biblical scholar Rashi, citing earlier authorities, described Ishmael as a "thief" whom "everybody hates," an insult that can still be found in his prominently placed commentary in many Torah editions today and that is taught inmany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Legacy of Abraham | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...industry research group Technomic. (Perennial runner-up Burger King's share dropped to 18.5% from 20.4% during the same period.) Heightened competition from the likes of Subway, which has dethroned McDonald's as nationwide champ in total stores with 13,101, has added to the McWoes. Subs and other custom-made sandwiches are growing 12% a year as a fast-food category vs. a paltry 2% to 3% for burgers. Meanwhile, a range of upstart "fast casual" restaurants such as Panera Bread and Baja Fresh, which serve up a slightly more upscale dining experience, "have raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McDonald's Shape Up? | 9/25/2002 | See Source »

...this is not an inexpensive pastime. Buying a used balloon to train on costs $6,000 to $8,000, and a new balloon averages about $25,000, says Carolyn Grantham, partner and vice president of finance for World Balloon, an Albuquerque ballooning company that also teaches the sport. Custom-designed, special-shaped balloons can run as high as $200,000. At Grantham's school, one of a handful in the nation that are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), flight lessons cost from $180 an hour if you have your own balloon to $310 an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Traveler: Up, Up And Away! | 8/19/2002 | See Source »

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