Word: mcdonaldization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...like a Republican fat cat, but how does one dine like a Democrat? The correct answer, of course, is go to a fancy-schmancy French restaurant - just because Democrats are singing paeans to the blue-collar class doesn't mean they actually want to eat with them. (Here the McDonald's-eating New Democrat Bill Clinton is a laudable exception...
...fries definitely had an internal zing; no salt was required. But the surface texture - possibly they were baked - was dry and shriveled-looking, and the interior was a tad mealy. McDonald's has nothing to worry about here...
...like a Republican fat cat, but how does one dine like a Democrat? The correct answer, of course, is go to a fancy-schmancy French restaurant - just because Democrats are singing paeans to the blue-collar class doesn't mean they actually want to eat with them. (Here the McDonald's-eating New Democrat Bill Clinton is a laudable exception...
...course, Clinton will be back in the news before you know it (in fact, after He Left the Building, his motorcade stopped at a McDonald's, where POTUS ordered a chicken sandwich, and vegetarian Chelsea had an ice-cream cone), and he'll be campaigning for Gore in the fall, but as symbolism, it doesn't get much better than this (although we were still hoping for a real torch). As an added touch to emphasize that the transition had been made, the White House press plane broke down this afternoon (Gore's press plane had earlier suffered mechanical woes...
...When Almodovar came here from L.A., she entered a fight over the town's soul. On one side are residents of the flats, the suburban realm of McDonald's and Staples. Susan Kaluza, 41, lives there with her husband, three children, and bunnies that run freely on her immaculate green lawn. "I didn't want Butte to be identified with the sex workers of the U.S.," says Kaluza, spokeswoman for the Concerned Citizens. "What if our children see the Dumas and say, 'O.K., this seems like a good career...