Word: mcdonaldization
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...past few months the influence of personalities in city council politics has been less evident in the color of accusations and more evident in the unpredictability of its decisions. In March the council voted unanimously to prevent the construction of a McDonald's Restaurant on the site of a 125-year-old landmark in Central Square. In April it even endorsed the United Farm Workers, requesting the city manager suspend all city purchases of boycotted lettuce and grapes and proclaiming a UFW Week in Cambridge. However, as summer approached, the council voted to prohibit concerts on Cambridge Common...
...BARTLETT'S FAMOUS QUOTATION PLAQUE will reside in Durham, N.H. this year in the home of New Hampshire mentor Ted Conner. Conner takes it for his statement to plate umpire Bill McDonald during the NCAA District I playoffs, "You Stink...
...Jenkins goes with the Celtics, he will join fellow rookies Glenn McDonald of Long Beach, the Celtics' first round choice, and second round pick Kevin Stacom, a guard from Providence. In the third round the Celts drafted Roscoe Pondexter, a forward from Long Beach State...
...other action, the council rescinded a previous order barring the issuance of building permits for the establishment of a McDonald's Restaurant at 405 Rindge Ave., in the wake of agreement between McDonald's and the Metropolitan District Commission on area traffic patterns...
...council voted unanimously on March 4 to voice to the McDonald's Corporation its opposition to the construction of any fast-food establishments in Cambridge...