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Burger King, long the kid brother to mammoth McDonald's, is teaching its rival a lesson in marketing this month: When it comes to fast food, keep it simple. BK's new Big King, an enormous double cheeseburger launched Labor Day weekend as a rival to the Big Mac, has sold at nearly twice the rate the company expected--about 3 million a day--and stores in Dallas, Miami and elsewhere are selling out. One downtown Chicago outlet upped its order from 2,000 Big King patties the first week to 5,000 last week, and manager Lolita Aldana says...
...Marcucci 2, Hogan. PB: Keck. BK: None. HBP: None. HARVARD AB R H BI BB SO Kessler lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 Menkiti ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph cf 5 2 3 0 0 1 Huling rf/p 4 1 2 0 0 0 Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Giampaolo p 1 0 1 0 0 0 Albers 1b 4 0 1 1 1 1 Vankoski dh/rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 Carey 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 Kreck c 3 0 0 0 0 1 Larocque ph/c...
...West. PB: None. BK: None. HBP: None...
...BK: I would add that even the sound engineering differs dramatically between the two pieces. Whether a conscious decision made by the tonmeister or not, the Beethoven sounds consistently more atmospheric, more intimate and less strained than the Schumann in its entirety...
...BK: I can't agree more with your assessment of Ax's playing, but I think that Yo-Yo Ma deserves a bit more credit for having the artistic integrity to try and blend with the ensemble. Admittedly, it must have been frustrating, but I feel that he remained more true to the spirit of the music than any of his colleagues, Ax included...