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Dole doesn't smoke and rarely drinks. He eats carefully while in town and follows Nixon's admonition never to eat before a speech. On the road he indulges in Kentucky Fried Chicken, and his advancemen have been known to peel off from his motorcades in search of local Dairy Queens on his behalf. "Gotta eat a little something," he'll say. "Gotta keep the energy...
...seniors found the day most agreeable. They enjoyed a lunch of chicken and rice, sang along with the Union Orchestra and watched the Roxy Dancers perform classical dances of Indian and South American origin...
...famous television commercial first aired six years ago, poultry tycoon Frank Perdue uses a competitor's frozen chicken to hammer a nail into a board. Perdue's point is simple: the law is absurd. Current rules permit poultry frozen hard as a bowling ball to be thawed at market and sold as "fresh" to an unsuspecting public. From the producer's perspective, the rationale for this fraud is easily understood. Freezing increases shelf life, and chickens labeled "fresh" command as much as $2 a pound more than birds marketed as frozen. At current consumption levels, this rip-off costs Americans...
...ever a consumer-fleecing outrage demanded fixing, this is it. Yet, on balance, the current congressional rush to reform government regulations is actually a business-protection act that could ultimately retard rather than support change -- and the case of "fresh" chicken illustrates the problem perfectly...
Chick-fil-A serves its own chicken sandwiches, chicken nuggets, chargrilled chicken sandwiches and chick-n-strips, which are chicken tenderloins marinated and breaded. Cole slaw and waffle potato fries are offered as side dishes...