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- 191: McDonald’s Americanizing Europe
- ... Pushkin Square, drew 80 million customers between 1990 when it opened and 1995 (Fells 303). So, it’s easy to see how dominant McDonald’s had become in the eyes of most Europeans. Speedily prepared Big Macs, french fries and shakes replaced fine dining restaurants that were still locked into traditions of full linen service, waiters in black tie, wine stewards, and multi-course meals. The quick in and out service ... to its salad dressings to accommodate the French palate. It serves beer and Evian mineral water at its French restaurants. And, since the French are fond of Sunday family dinners, McDonald’s has made a big pitch to families, giving gifts to children on Sunday (Greenhouse 15). It’s obvious that in order to keep its marketplace secure in Europe, McDonald’s has definitely made some other surprising amendments to its ... typical Italian dishes in its menu (http://www.mcdonalds.com/surftheworld/europe/index.html). Also, instead of ordering french fries, one could order insalta caprese. In Norway, a salmon burger took the place of a Big Mac (Fells 305). These changes can be viewed as improvements because while they helped to personalize the McDonald’s menu to local tastes, they obscure the American influence of the restaurant. Although McDonald’s ...
- 192: Catcher In The Rye 2
- ... I generally just eat a Swiss cheese and a malted milk. It isn t much, but you get quite a lot of vitamins in the malted milk. H.V. Caulfield. Holden Vitamin Caulfield. He exaggerates big time and he swears a lot. Especially when he talks to his roommates. Goddam this and damn that. But he can t stand the four-letter word. I saw something that drove me crazy. Somebody ... tune it has a great range. He s a senior, 18 years old, and as tall as Holden. But Stradlater is bigger and stronger, while Holden is very tall and thin. Stradlater makes a pretty big deal out of dressing up and that kind of stuff. The reason why he fixed himself up to look good was because he was madly in love with himself. He thought he was the handsomest ... all over your pillow. Jane Gallagher Holden met Jane during vacation. Jane s Mother s Doberman would come into the garden off the Caulfields and relieve himself. Mrs. Caulfield phoned Jane s mom and made big stink out of it. That was a bad start but it turned out all right. Jane s parents are divorced and her mom got married again. She was a funny girl, old Jane. I ...
- 193: Fifth Generation Computers
- ... 4 megabytes. This was enough for the 386 processor but even when the 486 came along, these could not hold up to the new standards. The hard drive was small and couldn’t hold many big programs, and the RAM was slow when it came to unsaved information. In the fifth generation, these two memory items are at their best. Hard drives on new computer range from 13 to 20 gigabytes. These hard drives can hold numerous amounts of information and many big programs. The RAM has also made a jump to a higher level. Though the jump is not quite as much, it is significant since RAM takes care of the memory that is unsaved and still ... and may one day take over the whole hard drive market. Also, included in this category are CD’s and floppy disks. In the beginning, there were 5.25 inch floppy disks, which were so big, they actually were floppy. These disks could hold very little memory. Next came along the 3.5 inch disks. These could hold around double the amount of information or 1.3 megabytes worth. These ...
- 194: Faces Of The Diamond - Essay O
- Faces of the Diamond - Essay on The Diamond as big as the Ritz “Diamond … was designed utterly for my own amusement. I was in a mood characterized by a perfect craving for luxury, and the story began as an attempt to feed that craving on ... and emphasizing on the society’s worst features, the faults of its members will be greatly magnified and clearly defined. This literary genre of satire is employed by Fitzgerald in his novelette, “the Diamond as Big as the Ritz” to ridicule the American society on the terms of the corruption of the American dream, the maltreatment of human life and the limits to the power of wealth. Before the dawning of ... goal through underhanded tactics thus corrupting the main principles of the utopian dream. Hence, the American dream has now become a satirical term that is known for crime, deceit, stealing, and killing. “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” features Braddock Tarleton Washington, the richest man on Earth, as one who rises to ultimate power without having to work for it. Born a direct descendent of George Washington, Braddock only ...
- 195: Sibling Rivalry
- ... between siblings and their influence on the relationship between them. Early theorist believed that two years was too much of a gap between siblings, as sibling rivalry was inevitable. They believed that with such a big gap the rivalry can start three ways, the first child could receive things as he progresses through his development and the other younger sibling would feel left out. They both could get everything at the ... for the long hospital visits and tend to be very territorial, but both of these can be overcome quite easily with good planning. (P.6 Sibling rivalry, spacing the family) This theory has overlooked the big brother syndrome, the older brother is always bigger, faster, smarter etc. which is reliant totally on nature and the stages of development. This no matter how well explained to some children is injustice in the ... the siblings aren t of real significance, the significant aspect governing their relationship simply is their personality and the incorporation in the child s upbringing by the older sibling. Although the age gap is a big problem to children at early stages, evidence shows there is minimal difference in IQ, or other achievements between siblings. In cultures were older children are expected to help in the upbringing, teaching and cleaning ...
- 196: Popular Guy
- ... started to speak out. “Hey man I can’t believe it today is the day, today is the day we will get our first victory of the season”. The Glendale game has always been a big game every year, some say it is the biggest rivalry west of the Mississippi. Anyway the point was to treat it just like any other game, and not let the massive crowds get to you ... we saw the girls over in the corner looking at us like we were gods. “You know why they are looking at us right” busted out Thomas. Yeah I know why, because we are the big men on campus and they will look at us even more after we win that Glendale game tonight. Later that morning Thomas and I meet up with the rest of the guys from the team ... the last game of the year. It was their last chance to show the scouts what kind of talent they had. As always we would have no class that day and there would be one big pep rally which the entire student body will attend to celebrate BGD, which stands for Beat Glendale Day. As a tradition our coach called every single players name during the pep rally, and the ...
- 197: Major Personalities Behind The Secularization Of Music
- ... most places, the church was the only stable thing around. In the early sixth century, all the lords were sure to have Rome behind them whenever they did the smallest thing, even write music. A big requirement of singing is you have to be able to read and write. With the fall of basically every institution there was, the people had no way to keep up with everything. They had to forget about music for a while in order to survive. So, there was tons of music lying around, but next to no one was able to understand what it meant. There was only one big organization around that taught people how to read and write. To train as a monk, being able to read and write the scripture was a big deal. Pope Gregory (590 - 604) decided that it was a good idea to pair music with glorifying God. Legends say that he sat down for a few years and hashed out all the music ...
- 198: Questions of Ethics In Computer Systems and Their Future
- ... here is how much government do people want in there lives? The Internet was brought into the picture for the public as the next great technology of this century. It is without a doubt as big if not bigger than any other public means of communication that has come before it. With that in mind I think the government is trying to extract it's pound of flesh for what they ... trying to use the government to bully people into being afraid to use the technology. Her second quote of "there is a tremendous amount of hype," comes off as nothing but sour grapes and a big opportunity to use her position to knock the Internet. If she honestly believes she's done everything to insure her customer base that her system of doing business is any bit as less likely to ... friends and others about it. Don't buy into the government hype of public protection, for all the mediums I just listed above the scams as they are related to Wall Street are still happening big time, and they already regulate those technologies for our protection! It's not regulation they are looking to do, it is ownership of the Internet they are trying for, and with the help of ...
- 199: Macintosh vs. IBM
- ... Model 5100. It carried a price tag of about $9,000 which caused it to be out of the main stream of personal computers, even though their first computer did not get off to as big as a start they had hoped it did not stop them from continuing on. Later on IBM teamed up with Microsoft to create an operating system to run their new computers, because their software division ... IBM computers. It stood up in courts and now with a non IBM BIOS, the clone was created. Many manufacturers jumped in and started making their own IBM Compatible computers, and IBM eventually lost a big share in the desktop computers. While IBM was just getting started in the personal computer market, Apple was also just getting on its feet. It was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 ... easy One of the latest things with computers these days is Plug ‘n' Play. It was meant to alleviate the fear of people upgrading their computer themselves, even though some people will always pay someone big time money to do it. If you are afraid of opening your computer it is strongly suggested that you have a professional do it, for they have been doing that sort of thing for ...
- 200: Roaring Twenties
- ... was about 25 million when the decade started and about 40 million at its close, (Cronon 341). Tabloids and magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, National Geographic, and the Literary Digest also became very big during the Twenties. One author noted for his work during the Twenties was H.L. Mencken in his witty magazine "The American Mercury" which ridiculed the antics of dim-witted politicians, and prohibitionists. The artists ... the turntable was flipped on, Americans just had to dance. It was a new feeling of pleasure, and enjoyment which came hand in hand with the beginnings of jazz music in America. With jazz becoming big, Americans veered away from traditional song and dance and began exploring other types of music such as jazz. The cheerful, light, easy feeling accompanied with jazz music was just an extension of American feelings during ... the United States going to be that of the American Dream? The image of a successful entrepreneur whose once insignificant business exploded into a nationwide corporation? The image of the stock holder who hit it big on the market? The image of the local supermarket owner whose business grew to a chain from coast to coast? What about the bootlegging capital of the world? The truth was, there was no ...
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