Word: chain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What Thomann didn't know was the chain of events that had begun weeks earlier when a Carey campaign consultant, Martin Davis, approached a top Democratic fund raiser, Laura Hartigan, with the plan for the lopsided contribution swap. Hartigan, in turn, pressed Sullivan to find a big donor for the Carey campaign to carry out the D.N.C.'s part of the bargain. The Teamsters, meanwhile, kept their word, sending an initial $236,000 to Democratic parties in 35 states at the end of the month, according to court papers...
...dine at Hooters restaurants have certain expectations, some of which may have to do with food and drink. But the chain's primary attraction, waitresses of ample bosom and less than ample costume, got some measure of legal protection last week. The company settled a class action in Chicago brought by men who claimed sexual discrimination when the chain refused to hire them as waiters...
Atlanta-based Hooters of America employs 10,000 "Hooters Girls," young women the chain describes as "the surfer girls next door." Got up in orange short-shorts and tight-fitting tops, they earn $2.13 an hour plus tips dispensing food, drink and cheerleader charm at the company's 204 restaurants in 40 states and five foreign countries. Last year the chain, which is privately held, brought in revenues of $325 million...
...Harvard location, a friendly and offbeat hangout, is the oldest Herrell's. Newbury's Herrell's, an antiseptic and coffee-house-esque venue, is the newest incarnation of the Herrell's chain...
This time, the police gave Saldivar a chain lock to protect both wheelchair and crutches from future theft...