May 31, 2005
Remember the fat girls from the Bronx who sued McD's because they claimed it made them fat?
Boing Boing: an animatronic Ronald McDonald force feeding a hamburger to an obese child, with a backdrop covering the billboard which consisted of well-fed Ronald McDonald and alien figures
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May 28, 2005
The defunct electronics retailer TW, which ran the Wiz chain, won bankruptcy court confirmation of its liquidating plan yesterday, leaving alive a $30 million lawsuit against the Cablevision Systems Corporation.
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May 22, 2005
Today's New York Post screams: KILLING ME, SOFTEE!
"How we told the story last June. Mister Softee isn't keeping his promise. As The Post found in Brooklyn last week, the ice-cream maker's iconic trucks are still playing their familiar jingle while parked, despite a company promise to the City Council to play the song only while the trucks are in motion."
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May 21, 2005
Manhattan's Chinatown Pressured to Sell Out
By Michael Powell - Washington Post
Saturday, May 21, 2005; Page A03
NEW YORK, May 20 -- The sounds on the fifth-story factory floor in Chinatown are nearly timeless: the whirr-whirr of sewing machines, feet tap-tapping on pedals, and the juicy vowels of 50 or so women chatting in Fujianese and Cantonese as they work fabric into vast piles of pants and shirts.
So how is business?
Garment factory owner Peter Wong, 44, smiles wanly and runs his hand over close-cropped black hair. "Off by half in the past six months," he says. "We can't compete with China. The future for my business is very, very dim."
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May 14, 2005
Takahachi
85 Avenue A - Btwn 5th & 6th St
212-505-6524
Soba Noodles
Yasai Soba Carrot, Snow Pea Spinach, Grated Radish & Scallion
7.50
Tempura Soba 2 Pieces of Shrimp Tempura & 3 Pieces of Vegetable Tempura
9.00
Kashiwa Soba Chicken & Mushroom & Scallion
9.00
Zaru Soba Cold Noodle
7.00
Udon Noodles
Yasai Udon Carrot, Snow Pea Spinach, Grated Radish & Scallion
7.50
Tempura Udon 2 Pieces of Shrimp Tempura & 3 Pieces of Vegetable Tempura
9.00
Kashiwa Udon Chicken, Mushroom & Scallion
9.00
Zaru Udon
7.00
Nabeyaki Udon 2 Pieces of Shrimp Tempura, Chicken, Egg & Vegetables
9.50
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