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Pyeongtaek

(Encyclopedia) Pyeongtaek or Pyongtaek, city (2016 pop. 470,832), Gyeonggi prov., NW South Korea, 45 mi (70 km) S of Seoul. In a rice, fruit, and dairy farming area, it is a port on the Yellow Sea…

restaurant

(Encyclopedia) restaurant, a commerical establishment where meals can be bought and eaten. In the 16th cent. English inns and taverns began to serve one meal a day at a fixed time and price, at a…

Kroc, Ray

(Encyclopedia) Kroc, Ray (Raymond Albert Kroc), 1902–84, American fast-food restauranteur and franchiser, b. Chicago. Kroc held several jobs before becoming (1937) the distributor for a blender that…

Mason, Bobbie Ann

(Encyclopedia) Mason, Bobbie Ann, 1940–, American regional author, b. Mayfield, Ky., grad. Univ. of Kentucky (B.A., 1962), State Univ. of New York, Binghamton (M.A., 1966), Univ. of Connecticut (Ph.D…

franchise

(Encyclopedia) franchise, in government, a right specifically conferred on a group or individual by a government, especially the privilege conferred by a municipality on a corporation of operating…

West, Kanye Omari

(Encyclopedia) West, Kanye Omari, 1977- , African American rapper, b. Atlanta (some sources give Douglasville), Al. West’s father, Ray, was a…

Home Fries

Director: Dean ParisotWriter: Vince GilliganWarner Bros. PG–13; 93 minutesRelease:11/98Cast: Drew Barrymore, Catherine O'Hare, Luke Wilson, Jake Busey and Shelley Duvall Whenever helicopter…

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Director:Sam WeismanWriter:Matthew ChapmanPG-13; 94 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito Silly comedies are the fast food of cinema. They lack nutrition but nobody cares—…

Kevin Archer

According to a hoax email circulated widely online, Kevin Archer was a Houston, Texas 3-year-old who died after using the play area of a McDonald's fast food restaurant. According to the email,…