Word: mcdonaldization
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...dated a couple of women, but "he wasn't a skirt chaser." He watched The Simpsons religiously and cued up videotapes of PGA tournaments. He made his bed, of course; but as a sophomore, when Tiger lived in a suite with Zinggeler and four other students, "he would get McDonald's and leave the remnants lying around all the time." And Tiger never paid his full share of the phone bill...
...widest Grand Boulevard, capped by the Place de la Concorde (where Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were guillotined) at one end and the Arc de Triomphe at the other, no longer looks French. Resembling a giant strip mall, it's not even particularly pretty. I believe it has two McDonald's. (And in the esprit d'egalite two Quicks, France's fast food counterpart.) It has a wildly popular Ben & Jerry's, Citibank, Planet Hollywood and even a Chicago Pizza Pie Factory. It's enough to make anyone cheer for Jose Bove. And I did. After all, France is Europe...
...modified ingredients--an effort shouted down by angry consumers. Meanwhile, Greenpeace began to target U.S. companies such as Gerber, which quickly renounced the use of transgenic ingredients, and Kellogg's, which has yet to do so. With so-called Frankenfoods making headlines, several other companies cut back on biotech: McDonald's forswore genetically engineered potatoes, and Frito-Lay decreed it would buy no more genetically modified corn...
Created in 1925, the Giant started out looking more like a scowling dwarf, and he wasn't even green. Years later, this hunky mascot was named the third most recognizable icon of the 20th century by Advertising Age (behind the Marlboro Man and Ronald McDonald). His role was diminished in 1991, but the Giant resurfaced last August in a new print campaign...
...Back - Lennon/McCartney 2. The Chain - Lindsey Buckingham/Mick Fleetwood 3. Aja - Donald Fagen/Walter Becker 4. Sleepwalk - Santo Farina/John Farina/Ann Farina 5. The Girl from Ipanema (The Lounge Lizard Song) - Jobim 6. You Belong to Me - Michael McDonald 7. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Forsey/Shiff (Simple Minds) 8. Superstitious - Stevie Wonder 9. Honky Tonk Women - Jagger/Richard 10. Free Falling - Tom Petty...