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     1        day?
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   Q.   As compared with the sort of work that you were doing when
     5        you were a student, how did you find working at McDonald's
     6        as a crew member and Manager?
     7        A.  I would have loved to have been able to have worked at
     8        a McDonald's versus the types of jobs that were available
     9        to me when I was growing up.  I found it to be a very
    10        enjoyable experience.  We like to think of it, a well run
    11        McDonald's is a fun place to work -- and, indeed, it is.
    12
    13   Q.   Mr. Stein, I know his Lordship knows the answer to this
    14        question but since you are an American I will ask it just
    15        the same:  This business of working during vacations and at
    16        weekends when you are working your way through college, is
    17        that something which is common in America?
    18        A.  Yes, it is.  There are some people who, perhaps do not
    19        need to do it financially.
    20
    21   Q.   There may be children of wealthy parents, but is there any
    22        assistance for education in the way there is here, or has
    23        been, to get students through college which is supplied out
    24        of the public purse?
    25        A.  There are loans, there are government loans, that one
    26        can obtain, and there may be a rare scholarship here and
    27        there, but that is not the -- I am not familiar with your
    28        system here.
    29
    30   Q.   Our system here is (or used to be) that by and large people
    31        who cannot afford college education get paid for by the
    32        government?
    33        A.  That does not work that way in the States.
    34
    35   Q.   That is not so in the United States?
    36        A.  No, sir, it is not.
    37
    38   Q.   So, is it possible to generalise and to say that, by and
    39        large, people go to college in the United States pay for
    40        themselves?
    41        A.  Yes, or have parents or, if I can for a second, there
    42        are some scholarships that the extremely bright people may
    43        qualify for, but other than that -- and those would be
    44        given by the university generally or some Foundation --
    45        but, generally speaking, people pay for it themselves.
    46
    47   Q.   Mr. Stein, you became a senior VP in 1987.  In your present
    48        position, how much of your time is spent on what we
    49        call -- perhaps you do too -- Labour Relations?
    50        A.  A very small, minor per cent of my time. 
    51 
    52   Q.   What do you spend most of your time on? 
    53        A.  Human Resources encompasses a lot of different
    54        disciplines, if you will; recruitment, retention,
    55        compensation and benefits.  I spend a great deal of time in
    56        the -- I am not sure of the terms you would use --
    57        affirmative action, diversity area.
    58
    59   Q.   Yes, we are coming to that next.
    60        A.  We have been developing our employment, our processes

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