Word: burger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...buzzard had come to call. On the appointed day, 30 members of the Buzzard Club who had traveled from St. Louis to celebrate the event anxiously scanned the skies. They were well fortified against the cold and wore yellow cardboard beaks on their faces. Suddenly Park Ranger Bud Burger, peering through high-powered binoculars, spotted a distinctive shape soaring high over a snow-covered field. Moments later, a buzzard glided to a perch in a tall tree about a mile away. There was jubilation among the onlookers. If the buzzards had come to Hinckley, could spring be far behind...
...more than a decade, the fastest thing about the fast-food industry has been its growth−in outlets, sales and profits. No area of the business has prospered more than the giant hamburger chains, dominated by McDonald's and its two smaller cook-alikes, Burger King and Wendy's. But lately, increasing costs and competition have taken some of the sizzle out of the chains. Says Wendy's Chairman R. David Thomas: "There's a big washout coming...
Meanwhile, the hamburger heavyweight, McDonald's, is being challenged by hungry competitors, notably Burger King, a subsidiary of Pillsbury Co. McDonald's 5,200 outlets, which account for about 20% of the $20 billion spent last year on fast food, generated earnings of $163 million on sales of $4.6 billion in 1978. McDonald's opened 500 new outlets last year and expects to continue expanding at that pace for the next three to five years. But that cannot make up for the slowdown in annual earnings growth, which dropped to 19% last year from roughly 40% five...
...commercial bet," wrote Lurton Blassingame. "We regret that we do not have the time here to read unsolicited fiction," explained James Brown. Candida Donadio & Associates demurred with, "When all is said and done, we felt the manuscript lacked that all-important dramatic tension." And from the office of Knox Burger after two follow-up letters from Ross: "I'm very sorry, but we have no record of having received your MS. or postage.' Kosinski is philosophical about the fact that his award-winning, experimental novel rang no bells: "Thank God it means different things to different people...
...older brother, my inspiration and my guide." So former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger described his feelings about Nelson Rockefeller in an eloquent, emotional eulogy at the funeral service in Manhattan's Riverside Church last week. While President Carter, former President Ford, Vice President Mondale, Chief Justice Burger and many other public figures listened from the nave, Kissinger paid tribute to the man who "permeated our lives...