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...European outlets. These orders, the company says, will not be filled. That means fast food fans on the Continent - with its stricter design rights and copyright laws - won't be eating their Big Macs sitting on a Jacobsen, real or reproduction. But, a spokeswoman for McDonald's Europe is quick to point out, "this impacts just one of a catalogue of re-image options." Instead, "we will look at using alternative chairs by other designers, and also continue developing our own designs, which is something McDonald's has always done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Seating Problem at McDonald's | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...meet an old man, a retired engineer, choked with emotion. I asked him if he had joined the protests. "No," he replies. "I am too old now to run from bullets." At that moment, more military trucks race past; one soldier trains his rifle on the crowds, and scowls. "Quick, we must go," says the old man. "They are going to start shooting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blood, Robes And Tears: A Rangoon Diary | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...Poniewozik's article was a quick yet deeply gratifying read. In one page he managed to sum up the rationale and angst we "helicopter" parents have about our parenting style. On the one hand, we feel it is right to sacrifice deeply for our children, and on the other we have a nagging suspicion that there is a good reason no previous generation raised children this way. It doesn't take a sage, however, to know that children aren't designed to raise themselves. I pray that CBS has taken adequate precautions to protect the children involved. Dorothea Dougboh, Carteret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...Joseph Bell, a charismatic professor with an uncanny ability to diagnose patients even before they opened their mouths. For a time he worked as Bell's outpatient clerk and would watch, amazed, at how the location of a callus could reveal a man's profession, or how a quick look at a skin rash told Bell that the patient had once lived in Bermuda. In 1886, Conan Doyle - by now an eye doctor - outlined his first novel, A Study in Scarlet, which he described as "a simple tale of mystery to make a little extra money." Its main character, initially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery Man | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...significant financial offer.New to this Ivy experience is recently-hired men’s basketball coach Tommy Amaker, who replaced former head coach Frank Sullivan, fired after 16 years at the helm of the program.Amaker got his feet wet this summer with the new recruitment process, and has been quick to embrace the challenges that go along with being a coach in the Ancient Eight.“Given the situation for a kid in a family to have the opportunity to go to a school that is going to give a full ride [scholarship] is incredibly attractive and enticing...

Author: By Kevin C. Reyes, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Rules Bring New Challenge for Amaker | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

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