Word: mcdonaldization
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...case emerged from the Board’s decision in 2002 to deny a requested transfer to Joshua McDonald, a kindergartner whose mother, Crystal Meredith, wanted her son to attend school closer to home...
...diamond ring stemmed from a very deft advertising campaign, I grew suspicious of their place in our society and their hold over young couples in love. After all, we were taught as kids that we should not go out and buy a Big Mac every time we saw a McDonald's commercial. So how did adults get so duped by the diamond industry's marketing that they thought they had to buy one or else their relationship wasn't worth it? To me, a diamond had become a giant gleaming commercialized cliche rather than a symbol of love. -Rebecca...
...neighborhood had lost a significant amount of green space in the construction on Grant and Cowperthwaite," said Cambridge resident Rod McDonald...
Although construction on the site began last week, Harvard’s weekly report on upcoming construction in Kerry Corner did not mention that construction was going to start on the contested lot, McDonald and Bankerd said...
...owned companies?for capital-starved private businesses. Some Vietnamese businesses even welcome the competition. "I'm not worried," says Ly Qui Trung, founder of Ph? 24, a chain of noodle shops. "We've already got a head start and a strong brand. I think we can compete even against McDonald's." (Trung will have to wait for that matchup; McDonald's says it has no plan to enter Vietnam...