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When a group of obese teenagers sued McDonald's, claiming that it made them fat, the widely publicized case drew howls of derision. But the burger giant and its competitors aren't laughing anymore. When Federal Judge Robert Sweet threw out the teenagers' case last February, reasoning that customers knew the dangers of eating Big Macs and supersize fries, he went on--in less noted parts of his ruling--to set the stage for future lawsuits. He noted that "Chicken McNuggets, rather than being merely chicken fried in a pan, are a McFrankenstein creation of various elements not utilized...
...world's most imitated bouquets, has suffered mightily. But you'll be hard-pressed to see much gloom at this summer's fifth Bordeaux Wine Festival (bordeaux-fete-le-vin.com). In fact, this year, the world's largest wine region has ample grounds to celebrate: American wine pope Robert Parker is one of the many critics who believe the 2005 Bordeaux vintage is the finest in a century, heralding Bordeaux's comeback...
...Qaeda by spying on innocent Americans. In addition to being a waste of resources, that expansion of government power invades our privacy and tramples our freedoms. It must be stopped. If our government continues to spy on ordinary citizens, then the terrorists will have succeeded in eroding our liberty. Robert Boden II Tecumseh, Michigan...
...privacy of Americans, who can say that a future Administration will not abuse the power obtained through the precedent? History teaches that the dearly bought rights of individuals may be more easily lost than regained. Let us guard against future abuse by demanding respect for our privacy now. Robert E. Mann Chandler, Arizona...
...snapped 49¢ portraits before creating photographs that graced the covers of LIFE, Look and other publications and developing a technique that became known as "environmental portraiture"; in New York City. By exaggerating or minimizing his subjects' surroundings, he crafted impressionistic gems--such as the 1959 portrait of master builder Robert Moses, above, a giant against the Manhattan skyline that he helped to shape--that suggested his sitters' personalities. In 1963 he infuriated German industrialist and alleged Nazi collaborator Alfred Krupp with an intentionally demonic portrait. "As a Jew," Newman said, "it's my own little moment of revenge...