Word: burger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Garish Signs. Faced with growing neighborhood opposition, the franchisers have launched vigorous campaigns to better their image. In Chicago, Burger King assigns crews to pick up all litter within two blocks of its outlets. Most chains will agree with community demands to remove their garish outdoor signs or scale down their golden arches and revolving buckets so that, as a McDonald's official says, "we can blend in with the local decor...
...called Jilly to get Penny to meet me at the Pizzi Pan. I fell asleep, and got a call from Penny about 4 p.m. She wanted to see me, but we would have to meet behind the Burger Queen beside the motel. She showed up in a green mustang...
...started looking for her keys. It took half an hour to realize that they were back in the car. Now! Getting her back to the car was another matter. We decided that it was necessary to wear a disguise. She put on my coat and pants. Back to the Burger Queen...
...making an unusual number of requests to the court that more cases be heard. A statement that Douglas released through the Supreme Court's press office implied that the paralysis in his left arm resulted from "striking a wall when I fell ill Dec. 31." Chief Justice Warren Burger was so disturbed by that kind of inaccuracy that he ordered quotation marks to be placed on the statement lest the words seem to have the imprimatur of the court...
...improperly retained. The tough decision raised court watchers' eyebrows for another reason. The majority had taken an essentially liberal trustbusting position, and the critical fifth vote was that of Harry Blackmun. In the guilty-plea case, Blackmun's had also been the fifth vote. He and Warren Burger, close friends since childhood, have long been called the "Minnesota twins" for their conservative voting records on the court. Experts are now wondering if Blackmun has begun to set a separate and more liberal course...