You Want Fries with That?, by Andrey Slivka, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR

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You Want Fries with That?

Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser

by Andrey Slivka

The American Scholar, Spring 2001, pp. 152-154

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