Word: mcdonaldization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...party system is designed to eliminate extreme ideas--the Dennis Kuciniches, Mike Gravels, Ron Pauls and Tom Tancredos--much like the first few episodes of American Idol. The parties quickly get us down to two choices that we find acceptable but are just different enough to argue over: McDonald's and Burger King; Coke and Pepsi; Shi'a and Sunni...
...seemed the very embodiment of the freshness and change that the people of this downtrodden burg on the edge of Appalachia had been praying for. They were giddy when he jogged through Yoctangee Park with the mayor in 3?F (-16?C) weather and dropped by their new McDonald's for a decaf. But it was the hope in his words that thrilled them most of all. "None of us have all the answers," Clinton declared back then. "This is a new and uncharted time. And I want to encourage you to continue to believe in your country...
...We’re really excited about the win,” co-captain Dave McDonald said. “It’s Senior Night, so that makes it a lot better, but more than anything, we just jumped up to third in the ECAC...We set our sights on a home-ice bye in the first round [of the ECAC playoffs], and we took one more step towards that tonight...
...lead. Vaillancourt sent the puck into the Colgate zone to start the play before passing to junior forward Jenny Brine, who threaded the puck to Farni. A short two minutes later at 5:55, the Crimson scored again. This time, junior forward Sarah Wilson set up sophomore linemate Anna McDonald on a bouncing shot between Plenderleith’s legs.It would be the last goal for Harvard until Vaillancourt’s breakaway third period score. Up until that point, Plenderleith shut the Crimson down between the pipes with an impressive 24-save effort, staving off multiple Harvard advances with...
...Thursday's demonstration follows a week of orchestrated outrage that has singled out those countries that have recognized Kosovo's declaration of independence . In addition to stone - throwing incidents at several embassies in Belgrade, no fewer than ten McDonald's outlets were vandalized. A local Slovenian supermaket chain was targeted as were Albanian sweet shops and bakeries. (Slovenia currently holds the rotating EU presidency while Albania has consistently supported the secession struggle of Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority.) Serbian state television pulled American movies and sitcoms off the air and replaced them with Russian and Spanish dramas. (Spain and Russia...