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Sad Clown
The McDonald's franchise belongs to the rare club of brands whose symbolic value transcends the product it was designed to sell. There's even a "big mac index" to measure purchasing power in different countries. But recently Ronald McDonald has worn a sad clown face: for the first time in its 47-year history, the company has posted a quarterly loss. Also on the show: Economist editor Bill Emmott, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, and how many casualties in Iraq?
Duct Tape and Cover
Charles Aswad, MD, executive vice president of the Medical Society of the State of NY and Jim Francis, senior vice president of Kroll inc, a security consulting, on preparing for terrorist attack
Gif Us a Break!
City Council Speaker Gifford Miller (D-5th district), wants the commuter tax to be reinstated
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Douglass Cassel, director, Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University's School of Law and Beth Osborne Daponte, senior research scientist at the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, on projecting the civilian casualty toll in a war on Iraq.
Lessons For The New Century
Bill Emmott, editor in chief of the Economist, says 21st century diplomats have a lot to learn from 20th century flubs
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