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...emit more than 250 tons a year - to acquire costly and time-consuming permits before building or expanding. Again, because carbon is so ubiquitous, establishments as small as a fast-food franchise could emit more than the limit, which is why conservative critics have nicknamed the 2007 decision the Dunkin' Donuts rule...
...because real Real Americans defy stereotypes. The real Real America has become both more homogeneous (more chain stores, less local flavor) and more heterogeneous (the "exotic" is less exotic--McDonald's sells lattes and chipotle wraps). This is America today: the real people borrow from the fake people, Dunkin' Donuts from Starbucks, and vice versa. But the media's cultural referents for ordinary America have hardly changed since George H.W. Bush cracked open a bag of pork rinds...
...time presidential candidate, he roused audiences with his fire and eloquence but sometimes turned them off with tactless blunders and goofs, like when he famously snapped at a voter before a C-SPAN camera and noted that in Delaware "you cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent." In January 2007, on the day he launched his own presidential campaign, he was quoted in a newspaper describing Obama as "the first mainstream African-American [presidential candidate] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking...
...speech from British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock, and in doing so had misrepresented his own class background. In June 2006, Biden offended Indian-Americans when he claimed a great relationship with them thanks to the fact that in Delaware, "You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent." Six months later he made the infamous comment about Obama's cleanliness...
...long haul ahead. Resizing its footprint to better fall in line with demand is a step in the right direction, but hardly a cure-all. Morgan Stanley's Glass points to "deteriorating underlying trends," such as the slowing economy and stepped-up coffee competition from the likes of Dunkin Donuts and McDonald's. Steven Kron, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, pointed out in a research note that while short-term investors may be enthusiastic about store closings, long-term investors still need to know more about how broader business trends play out. He has made no change to 12-month...