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Author Just, a Washington-based journalist and novelist, has an ear for Washington talk and a dramatist's knack for that precise moment in the flow of chatter when, although nothing important seems to have been said, the lives of the talkers change course. The Senator in his private...
Before receiving his Hamburgerology degree, the licensee must lay out an average of $150,000, at least half of it in cash. For that, he gets to lead a life regimented by Ray Kroc and subordinates. To begin with, the licensee has little choice of where he will operate. Headquarters...
One reason for the enthusiasm may be that McDonald's employees who work hard can go high quickly in the expanding business. President Turner started frying hamburgers at Kroc's first franchise near Chicago in 1956. He rose so rapidly as an "operations man," keeping an eye on...
Practically nobody has been poisoned by the food served up on a House grill. Each House committee offers a grill franchies to House entrepreneurs, and whoever wins the franchise runs the thing for the next year or so. As a result the service varies, the cooking varies, and the hours...
Imagine indeed. As sex symbols go, Riggs is almost too outrageous even for these confused times. To be kind, if a movie is made of the life of Bobby Riggs, the part will probably not go to Warren Beatty. In fact, it should likely fall to Mickey Rooney-who has...