Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...preference is a Big Mac, chocolate shake andfries. I just love that, but I don't eat it veryoften. There's only two time when I eat fast food:when I travel in this country and when I do fieldwork in Hong Kong, because the reason I got intoMcDonald's is because the families that I know goto McDonald's because that's where the kids wantto go. The kids--I'm talking about little kidsabout four to 12, control the family and tell thefamily where they want to go. So I go with myfamily friends...
...things ineach. I have to confess I love McDonald's fries,but everybody loves McDonald's fries. They'reunparalleled! But I make a point of eating in allthe other places to keep up. I'm interested indoing a project on not just McDonald's in EastAsia, but the entire fast food system, in Europeand Russia, too. I'm going as a visiting professorthis spring to the University of Paris and Iintend to take that as an opportunity not just tohave some great French food in restaurants, but tocheck out the indigenous fast food rivals toMcDonald's. I want...
...indigenous restaurants try to do whatMcDonald's and Burger king do, or do they try andcook their country's food, fast...
What distinguishes the fast food chains is thatthey put them off street into a nice airconditioned, well lit environment. They bringstreet foods, domesticate them and sanitize themand put them on sale behind a counter: that's whatI am calling fast food chains. In Hong Kong, thereare four or five different places that have takenChinese style fast food right off the street andput them on the menu. McDonald's doesn't really dothat, but there are places in Hong Kong that do.Some of the stuff's not bad. Some of it's prettygrim. I've tried all of them...
...must stand out from the mass of other candidates in order to win a job offer. But interviews can be tedious, nerve-wracking and just plain weird. Check out actual interview questions used by companies including Microsoft, Mercer, and Lehman Brothers. As for Sally, she must either think fast or start thinking about that job opening at McDonald...