Word: mcdonald
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some Central Square residents are less excited, and fear that what McDonald's did to the family diner, Starbucks may do to the traditional coffee shops that line Central Square...
...administrators often do little to stop the violence. Some of the stories are harrowing. Jamie Nabozny, who in the early '90s attended high school in Ashland, Wis., says he was kicked in the stomach so many times he required surgery. A group of boys also urinated on him. Robert McDonald, 20, a former student at Jefferson Township High School in southern New Jersey, claims he was spat upon while he rode the bus and beaten up after track practice...
...nothing new, but what's unusual is that these students are holding their schools accountable. In 1996 Nabozny brought a groundbreaking federal lawsuit alleging that administrators hadn't done enough to protect him. A jury agreed, and the school district settled for $900,000. Four similar lawsuits have followed--McDonald filed one in October--and the U.S. Department of Education issued guidelines in March barring certain kinds of antigay harassment...
That was in 1988, when Link had just emerged from bankruptcy. The company, founded about a century ago by an immigrant German sausagemaker, once had an export business in boneless beef as well as in tripe and hearts. But by the mid-1980s it was mainly a supplier to McDonald's. Too many other companies were competing to supply the raw material of Big Macs, though; they forced prices so low that Link could no longer make a profit. It went into a Chapter 11 reorganization in 1986 and emerged two years later as a snackmaker. Its new selling point...
...third wedding, Phillip discovers "flubber" (flying rubber) and leaves his fiance at the altar once again. The film has the formula villain in Wilson Croft (Christopher McDonald) who not only wants to steal Brainard's goo, but also to capture the heart of his fiance. The predictable storyline is set up--Phillip must get back his girl, keep his hands on the gooey slime, and take on the villainous Croft...