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But a financial pinch isn't the only reason McDonald's is winning fans in Europe - and in standoffish France in particular. According to Berger, after laboring for years in France with the greasy-spoon label imposed by detractors (as le mal bouffe, or junk food), the company has of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supersizing Europe: The McDonald's Stimulus Plan | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

The fact remains, though, that the major speaking slots for religious figures will be filled this year by Protestant Christians. It's possible that Obama aides got so tied up in a search for ideological diversity - Warren is a theologically conservative Evangelical, Lowery a feisty political liberal, Robinson the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing from the Inaugural Dais: Rabbis and Priests | 1/19/2009 | See Source »

But during his college years, the gangly 6’ 5’’ “Dunk” was known more for his dogged determination to be a basketball star than for his academic pursuits—though the son of a distinguished University of Chicago...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Obama Picks Harvard Grad for Education Secretary | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

The real cause for celebration is that he alchemizes the dross of the script into a character with a palpable physicality and inner life. Behind the bulk of his hulk, a man's dogged decency is on display, and so, briefly, is Rourke's fallen-angel smile. In the scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wrestler: Mickey Rourke's Comeback Fight | 12/15/2008 | See Source »

Any politician, of course, would want to put lots of space between himself and a toxic scandal like this one, in which the sitting governor stands accused of trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder. Daley, though, has a special interest in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Blago Cause Trouble for Daley? | 12/13/2008 | See Source »

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