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...like that?" Perversely, customers got so used to the abuse that it became easy not to give them what they wanted. "Managed dissatisfaction," Antioco called it. He is no stranger to making unhappy customers whole. Previously he cleaned up convenience-store retailer Circle K before moving on to run Taco Bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Blockbuster Changed The Rules | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...happened to all of you. You're in the car, headed who knows where, and you come to this town that isn't happy being just another place, because what does that mean today? It means you've got a Dunkin' Donuts and a Taco Bell, like every other place in America. Big deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greetings From America's Secret Capitals | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...spent his first 10 years, there were photos of Kennedys on walls next to crucifixes. Juan knew Bobby Kennedy as a Catholic and a family man, and John Kennedy had spoken of Hispanics as hardworking and family-oriented at a time when Juan was being called things like a taco bender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guarding The Dream | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...Animal Kingdom. This week brought us microwaved parrots and chainsaw-wielding deer. Meanwhile, animals are dropping like, well, flies at Disney's new zoo, and the American Kennel Club is rethinking its position that while Doberman pinschers are kid-friendly, Chihuahuas should be kept away from both junior AND Taco Bell. What's a card-carrying member of PETA to do? Rent 'Pet Sematary', of course (but don't let anyone see you do it), a God-Awful picture that will nevertheless leave you nostalgic for the time when Stephen King could get a $2 million movie deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Name of the Potato | 4/10/1998 | See Source »

...speech. She stayed very close to her issue, using legal cases to illustrate her point. This is a winning strategy for a subject that tends to get silly very quickly. For instance, it is difficult to believe the claim of the League of United Latin American Citizens that Dinky, Taco Bell's Chihuahua, "is definitely a hate crime that leads to the type of immigrant bashing that His-panics are now up against. "The silliness here is not so much in the sentiment of the complaint, as in the overheated rhetoric. By speaking about the issues in a more hard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stayin' Alive | 3/12/1998 | See Source »

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