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...whole thing does seem ridiculous--until you meet the plaintiffs. They're kids, and part of being a kid is having a poor idea of what's good for you. Ashley Pelman, 14, Jazlyn Bradley, 19, and several other teenagers say in their suit that "as [a] result" of eating Happy Meals, McMuffins and Big Macs over the years, they "have become obese [and] developed diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure" and other problems. The young people claim that McDonald's didn't adequately warn them that its meals contained lots of fat, salt and sugar, even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Food Fight Against McDonald's | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...wounds of heart and body and to win his spurs in real action. With Washington and his colleagues he was at once popular and prominent. In 1783 Congress bestowed citizenship upon him, gave him lands, a pension, the rank of brigadier general, thanked him. * Not to be confused with Pelmanism, from the Pelman Institute, through which Power in such things is taught. Said a Manhattan newspaper of the Charm course: "How to eat peas without mashed potatoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Floating University | 9/27/1926 | See Source »

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