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Discovering the delights of their own cuisine, Americans are coming home to dinner. Honors and high profits formerly reserved for French chefs and Continental dishes are now earned by young, homegrown chefs preparing updated versions of regional food with native ingredients. Eating out is in, and fast-food chains are offering lighter and more varied fare. See FOOD...
...private homes, middle-class families watch American movies on smuggled videocassettes: Rambo--First Blood Part II is currently doing the rounds of Tehran's northern suburbs. Affluent Iranians eat at American-style fast-food restaurants, and despite the difficulties of getting an exit visa, even for an official fee of $500, many still vacation abroad. Says one Western diplomat in Tehran who has served in two East European capitals: "Things are a lot more open here than Eastern Europe...
Over the next several days, Hill used his camera judiciously, snapping pictures only when he was certain the guards were fast asleep. "They were vigilant enough, but there were only two of them the whole time, with no relief," said Hill, who has been harsh in his criticism of Amal since his return to the U.S. "They weren't lazy, just exhausted...
...decline of the condominium market. Until only about a year ago, the U.S. was crazy for condos. More than 2.5 million units opened in a decade. But that produced a vast excess of supply, notably in California, Texas and Florida. Speculators who had bought condos in the hope of fast price appreciation saw the shakeout coming and dumped even more of them on the market. At the same time, demand was dampened by the maturing of baby boomers, many of whom now aspire to move from condos to split-level suburban homes with lawns. Many new condo projects, particularly luxury...
...able to compete, but a burgeoning number of entrepreneurs think they can. Americans are eating out more than ever, and more than ever they are eating fast food. Since Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald's in a Chicago suburb back in 1955 (burgers: 15¢), fast food has grown to a $45 billion business. The increase from ten years ago is nearly fourfold. From burgers to fried chicken to pizza, fast food has become the quintessentially American dining experience: a perfect expression of those bedrock values of efficiency, thriftiness and speed...