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...permanent two-tier menu that keeps signature products like the Big Mac at the top, Mickey D's is following the model that Wendy's has successfully used to lure in penny-pinching customers and then sell them on costlier items. The problem with occasional promotions is that "you train customers to come only when there's a blue-light special," says Chris Clouser, global marketing officer at Burger King, which has launched a 99¢ value menu, backed up by an offbeat, Candid Camera-esque ad campaign that shows bemused consumers reacting to a talking menu board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McDonald's Shape Up? | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...lover, with all the devotion and myopia true love entails. Harrowing and delicate, this French film transcends case history to become a work of seamless art and broken heart. And for a retreat into luminous, ageless film craft, queue now for Patrice Leconte's L'homme du train, a bittersweet fable about a chatty old schoolteacher (Jean Rochefort) who invites a mysterious gunman (Johnny Hallyday) to stay in his decaying chateau. It's rare to see a film so at ease with its diminutive size, so effortless in its charm and poignancy. Toronto had lots of celebs on display - There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cannes Goes to Canada | 9/27/2002 | See Source »

...prestigious grant, given to the school’s Minority Faculty Development Program (MFDP) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will fund minority junior faculty research, minority residency recruitment initiatives and train physicians in working with different cultural groups...

Author: By Kimberly A. Kicenuik, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Wins Grant to Boost Diversity | 9/27/2002 | See Source »

...permanent two-tier menu that keeps signature products like the Big Mac at the top, Mickey D's is following the model that Wendy's has successfully used to lure in penny-pinching customers and then sell them on costlier items. The problem with occasional promotions is that "you train customers to come only when there's a blue-light special," says Chris Clouser, global marketing officer at Burger King, which has launched a 99? value menu, backed up by an offbeat, Candid Camera-esque ad campaign that shows bemused consumers reacting to a talking menu board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McDonald's Shape Up? | 9/25/2002 | See Source »

...Forgery Department; clashes with traffickers resulted in fatalities on both sides. Today, the borders are quieter and the desert cops represent more of a visual deterrent. Most, but not all, of the patrolmen are originally from Bedouin families. They do not apply to join the Desert Police directly but train as part of the general police force. They are subsequently deployed where necessary, though their knowledge of the undulating dunes clearly stands them in good stead for a desert posting. They may be a tourist attraction in their own right these days but, despite the softly-softly image, the Desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spot | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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