Word: mcdonaldization
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...apples and encased in an inedible shell. Yet the apple pie did develop a following, and was first referenced in the year 1589, in Menaphon by poet R. Greene: "Thy breath is like the steeme of apple pies." (500 years later, we have "I'm Lovin' It", thanks to McDonald's and its signature apple pie in an individual-serving sleeve.) Pies today are world-spanning treats, made with everything from apples to avocados. The winners of this year's annual APC Crisco National Pie Championship included classic apple, pumpkin and cherry pies, but citrus pies, banana foster...
...been marking its loans down to market value aggressively enough, the losses on its balance sheet could be even greater, which could be the case. "Though difficult to draw hard conclusions from comparisons between banks, Citi's marks appear less aggressive than J.P. Morgan's," wrote analyst John McDonald of Sanford C. Bernstein in a research report last week...
...told, McDonald thinks that Citigroup has $88 billion in risky assets. That's not quite $100 billio,n but it is close. And that's what has the Citi-doomsday-folk yapping...
...from the field to the feedlot to the drive-thru window. Hope Jahren, a researcher at the University of Hawaii, believes consumers have a right to know how their food is made. She is the co-author of a new study that sampled almost 500 fast food items from McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King and proved what many Americans may already suspect: On a chemical level, the vast majority of fast food meat derives from a single source: corn. She did this by following the vegetable's unique chemical markers that persist even after it's been processed...
...Read "Hooked on McDonald...