Word: chaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ever since 1960, when Tom Monaghan opened his first pizza outlet in Ypsilanti, Mich., the eccentric tycoon has been expanding his empire like a spinning wheel of pizza dough. But now that his Domino's chain has 5,100 stores and sales of $2.3 billion, Monaghan is suddenly ready to move on. In a letter to employees and franchise owners, the pizza king disclosed that he is looking for ways to sell Domino...
...shows that high levels of phosphates and nitrates from farm runoff have transformed more than 20,000 acres of Everglades saw grass into cattails. These intruders, which thrive in high-nutrient water, suck the oxygen from the marsh and suffocate aquatic life at the bottom of the Everglades food chain. On shallow ponds and canals, nutrient-fed algae grow so thick that they block the sun from underwater plants. So far, most of the damage is confined to Loxahatchee National Wildlife Preserve -- an Everglades habitat abutting the farms -- and state conservation areas just north of the national park...
...group of stores (holdings: Brooks Brothers, Bonwit Teller and Jordan Marsh). Last year he won a $6.6 billion bidding war with R.H. Macy for control of Federated Department Stores, a costly victory that gained him a crown jewel for his retailing kingdom: Federated's glittering, 17-store Bloomingdale's chain. But now Campeau is being forced to put Bloomie's on the block as his highly leveraged empire begins to crumble...
...probable chain of events follows, making the incumbent Republican President more frustrated with his country's helplessness. Eventually he decides to conduct covert military operations against the Columbian kingpins. Sound more familiar...
...Marine Radio Band, monitored on nearby St. Thomas, said two looters had been shot in St. Croix, which is the largest and most populous island of the chain. However, there was no word of their condition or independent confirmation...