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...Winston Churchill once noted that “democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time-to-time...
Judit Kinszki's family was not, on the surface, all that extraordinary. Her father Imre spoke several languages, dabbled in photography, admired Winston Churchill and worked at a textile office most of his life. Her mother typed manuscripts for local poets and philosophers and could whip up five different kinds of cakes "out of practically nothing." Judit herself, now 68 and living in Budapest, grew up and became a mother and schoolteacher. Yet the Kinszkis' story stands out not so much because of what they did, but where they lived - and when. They were Jews in Hungary before the outbreak...
Almost a hundred years ago, Winston Churchill, the young Liberal member of Parliament, proclaimed that “in the heart of the Empire where the sun never sets, there are courtyards where the sun never rises.” A century on and the Empire is gone; the slums are not. The increasingly Neronian Tony Blair would do well to realize this and dispose his limited resources accordingly...
nationwide, compared to Dunkin' Donuts' 3,500. Nevertheless, confident that its deep-fried, sugary confections will also find favor elsewhere, the Winston-Salem, North Carolina company has begun an international expansion: the first European Krispy Kremes should open in Britain and Spain in early...
Krispy Kreme's international expansion is the latest step in its metamorphosis from a sleepy Southern retailer into a modern fast-food chain selling nearly 2 billion doughnuts a year. It was 65 years ago this month that Vernon Rudolph opened the first Krispy Kreme in Winston-Salem. As the company grew into a regional institution, Rudolph ensured consistency by providing the mix to each franchise and creating specially designed machines to automate the doughnut-making process. Beatrice Foods bought the company in 1976, three years after Rudolph's death, and the franchisees took control in 1982. Expansion beyond...