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FASTER FOOD When you're jonesing for a Freezy McShake, you don't want to fool around with old-fashioned bills and coins, do you? After a year of testing, burger titan McDonald's will roll out a new cashless payment system in 400 Chicago-area stores. Wave your McDonald's Speedpass over a special reader--based on the same technology that powers highway tollbooth passes--and your tab will be automatically added to your credit-card bill. Now if only Ronald had a fat-free French fry system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jun. 11, 2001 | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...think he bears a resemblance to Ned Flanders of the Simpsons. Hailing from Wisconsin, his effusive personality catches people's attention as does his interesting twists on popular expressions, such as "That's just water down the stream" instead of "water under the bridge." Don't let the malapropisms fool you, as goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo '00 commented last year, "He's Ned Flanders with attitude...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coach of the Year: Mazzoleni Brings M. Hockey to Next Level | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...However, Furlaud had one favorite day to report for NPR: April Fools Day. She was a regular contributor to All Things Considered's April 1 feature of running an invented story. One year she suggested apiece about how Sadam Hussein's son was vacationing on Cape Cod, while on spring break from his New England boarding school--an idea rejected for even being over the top for an April Fool's story...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Covering the News From a Zany Angle of Her Own | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...America?s Future, couldn?t have been more cutting. Ralph Nader, Borosage said, has nothing to offer Democrats. After all, Nader?s run for the White House is widely seen as having pulled enough votes from Al Gore to ensure Bush?s victory. Borosage called Nader?s campaign a "fool's errand"?and got heavy applause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spring of Ralph Nader's Discontent | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

...Zalaznick, as evidenced by her impressive title and ability to spell her own last name, is no fool. Her return e-mail made it seem as if she meant for me to see those comments, using tricky, obscuring, multilayered terms like "kidding--but not really." She'd have had the Americans home from China in two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through The E-Mail Looking Glass | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

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