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concerned with or related to the future
- They send cultural anthropologists into homes, stores, fast food restaurants, and other places where kids like to gather, quietly and surreptitiously observing the behavior of prospective customers.p. 44.9
- "Both machines have been thoroughly perfected," the company assured prospective franchisees, "are of foolproof design — can be easily operated even by a moron:' The InstaBurger Stove was an elaborate contraption.p. 24.2
- In 1898 General Motors lacked the capital to hire salesmen for its new automobiles, so it sold franchises to prospective car dealers, giving them exclusive rights to certain territories.p. 94.8
- To test the commitment of prospective franchisees, he frequently offered them a restaurant far from their homes and forbade them from engaging in other businesses.p. 95.7
- The FTC now requires chains to provide lengthy disclosure statements that spell out their rules for prospective franchisees.p. 99.3
There are no more uses of "prospective" in Fast Food Nation.
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