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Auchincloss tosses off small but fascinating insights into the life-styles of the rich and infamous. Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, the longtime doyenne of Manhattan society, had elaborate dinners for 40 guests served at near Burger King pace: eight courses in an hour. Despite their snobbishness and excess, Auchincloss notes, the Vanderbilts did live up to a code. They were true to their own, and, as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney indicated during the 1930s custody case involving her niece Gloria, they knew the difference between a lady and a tramp -- which is that the lady must conceal the tramp inside...
...fast food, it's all in the condiments," says Michael Whiteman with oracular solemnity. Whiteman and his partner, Joseph Baum, are the New York City restaurant consultants working on San'wiches. "There's nothing unusual about a hamburger," says Whiteman. "It's the trimmings used by McDonald's and Burger King that make it memorable...
...Mall is a large, grassy rectangle in the middle of Washington. It has no Benettons or Burger Kings...
...offenders include toys that break into sharp pieces or contain parts that toddlers can easily choke on. Among them, according to various consumer groups: a Burger King Cheeseburger set made by Multi Toys (the plastic French fries look real and could be swallowed); Spinning Top from Ohio Art (its handle pulls off to expose a sharp metal shaft); and Medical Kit from Blue Box Toys (the plastic instruments break easily...
Conservatives also contend that raising the minimum wage will not really help the poor, but only middle-class teenagers who work at Burger King on the weekends. The facts suggest otherwise. Only 30 percent of minimum wage recipients are teenagers, and 34 percent are full-time workers. Twenty-five percent are spouses, and another 25 percent are heads of households. Clearly, the working poor stand to benefit from an increase in the minimum wage...