Word: chain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...continuing success of chain restaurants inspires ever new concepts for the gastronomic future. But what kind of chains do today's customers want? That depends not only on what they like to eat but also on how they like to live. Which of the following will...
...cherish the voice with the have-a-nice-day smile and sunny, all's-right-with-the-world interiors, and if you can spend only about $4 to $9 for a nice sit-down family lunch or dinner, Allie's may be the chain to watch for. With the Marriott Corp. about to roll out 445 across the country and 3,000 planned by 1995, finding one should be no trick...
...built so that very rich people could have a very good time, Vail has hundreds of shops, nightclubs, restaurants and bars. The easiest way to get rid of a lot of money is to buy a Golden Bear, which is, as its name implies, a golden bear on a chain. For less than $1000 it's a status symbol which any Preppy Handbook owner will recognize. There is also Ralph Lauren, Cartier, Gucci and Laura Ashley...
Ralph Hoagland, who owns the building that once housed the popular movie house, says that competition from USA Cinemas, the chain that has a near-monopoly on Boston-area theaters, prevented the rebuilding of the Orson Welles. "It was hard to get good product," Hoagland says...
HUNDREDS of students were shortchanged last week--lotteried out or dismissed from their Literature and Arts B classes because of overcrowding. When "Jazz," "Monuments of Japan," and "Modern Art and Abstraction" turned away vast numbers of students in their lotteries, a chain-reaction of confusion ensued...