Word: mcdonald
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This culinary misconception, a paradox widely known but rarely admitted in polite conversation, is a carbon copy of the European counterpart. In the US we adore fresh Italian pasta and rich French desserts to no end, while Europeans, especially the youth, flock to crowded McDonald's for the phony Le Big Mac and outrageously overpriced American soft drinks. As far as we are concerned, River folk should indulge their xenophobia at the over-commercialized Friday's Americana Bar and leave us to enjoy traditional European pub life at Christopher's and Cambridge Common...
...floor. In today's Dairy Queen world, such an attitude is not surprising--which doesn't make such twisted monstrosities any less apalling. These "comes" are not created so much as they are mindlessly pumped out by the drone-like yogurt lackeys one would expect at the local McDonald's, not at the three-way-tied-for-first best university in the U.S. Today's column is less about making fro-yo than it is about cultivating your soul and freaking out the establishment...
...TELEVISION Red Sox at Twins, NESN, 7 p.m. T-Wolves at Celtics, FSNE, 7 p.m. Bruins at Senators, WSBK, 7:30 p.m. Rangers at Panthers, ESPN2, 7:30 p.m. McDonald's Classic, ESPN...
...Talks to Letterman producer Biff on the Late Show (Sept. 15) --Appears on McDonald's commercial (Oct. 10) --Wins National League MVP by a landslide (Nov. 19) --Appears on cover of Sports Illustrated (Dec. 14) --Hangs out with the President and First Lady (Nov.-Jan.) --Visits the island of the Dominican Republic (Oct.-Nov.) --Gets a national holiday in his honor (Oct. 20) --Guest stars at the State of the Union address...
...Talks to Letterman on the Late Show (Oct. 19) --Appears on McDonald's commercial (Oct. 15) --Wins Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year by a landslide (Dec. 28) --Appears on cover of Sports Illustrated (Dec. 14) --Hangs out with the Pope (Jan. 26) --Visits the island of Australia (Nov.) --Gets a Wheaties box in his honor (Oct. 13) --Guest stars on Mad About...