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...broke the American 100m record at the U.S. trials before straining a hamstring in another race, never stood a chance. Gay didn't even qualify for the finals. "It's obvious that my fitness is not there," he says. Like Bolt, Gay is an unabashed fan of McDonald's. Maybe a bad Filet-o'-Fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolting to a World Record | 8/16/2008 | See Source »

...felt they were cheap tippers. And there's a reality that women usually eat less than men, so their checks are smaller and the tips can be smaller. But he was misogynistic. He wouldn't wait on kids either. He would say, "I'm not Ronald McDonald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of an Angry Waiter | 8/11/2008 | See Source »

...This is the quintessential Hong Kong breakfast. Even McDonald's and KFC serve noodle soups, usually with an inexplicable hunk of meat dropped in the mix. Instead of eggs and toast, you'd be more likely to have ramen with a hot dog thrown in. I leave happy and satiated, although unnerved by the waitress. Maybe she's just cranky, or maybe it's like France...

Author: By Lingbo Li | Title: Breakfast in Cantonese | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

...essay about his experience - "I was writing in Swahili, and English, and Swahili, and English," he recalls - and was picked. On July 31st, 2001, he moved in with a family in upstate New York. During his early days living in the U.S., Lomong wouldn't throw away a leftover McDonald's chicken sandwich, not believing that you could actually get more the next day. He learned the basics, like how to operate a shower. "Cold water, hot water, how to put it in the middle," Lomong recalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flag Man Stands Down | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

...Warren's insight was to combine both models in a plan aimed at energizing Third World churches. He knew they were everywhere, including backwaters unreached by government or NGOs. He started comparing them to McDonald's franchises. Or to desktop computers: if they could be infected with the virus of good works, the world could be transformed. (Put simply: if every pastor in the world taught basic water hygiene, it could significantly cut rates of dysentery, a major global killer.) Scores of short-term activists, armed with Saddleback-crafted training, would go into a foreign country, locate its most promising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Ambition of Rick Warren | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

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