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...JAMES LEACH (R) District 1 (East--Cedar Rapids; Davenport; Iowa City...
...Earl and other themers, food, drink and entertainment are just the beginning stages of what they hope will be empires built on a brand name. "I'm no longer a restaurateur," Earl declares in an accent from the Robin Leach school of elocution. "I'm in the business of building trademarks." That's one reason why each restaurant is designed with a merchandise shop to tempt customers to buy such must-have souvenirs as jogging suits, $20 T shirts or baby baseball togs. Or a $399 leather jacket--just add it to the food bill. The logo gear...
...Justice investigation puzzled legal experts, who noted that Washington hasn't challenged industry shelf-space practices in more than a decade. Apparently Frito-Lay has become something of a victim of its own clout. "They've driven all their competitors out of business by being too successful," says William Leach, who follows the food industry for the investment firm Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette. "There's nothing unethical. They're just better at product development, marketing and execution. But there is no law against doing well." That, of course, is something the government is now trying to decide...
...Burlington, Colorado (pop. 3,000), smells prosperity in the 200 jobs Midwest Farms has promised to bring to town. "The benefits for us will be mind boggling," Hudler says. For his part, Midwest president Houser must meet state regulations limiting the amount of nitrates and other manure products that leach into the soil. Among other things, the company plans to line the 30 lagoons that will contain hog wastes with heavy plastic sheeting designed to prevent the fetid brew from oozing into the aquifer. But Travis is still holding his nose. Says he: "We're not giving up until...
...because it's a skill he has practiced all his life. As rivals and reporters dig through his biography and professional record, a pattern that emerges is a gift for conflict avoidance. Being rich, to start with, provides a lot of cushion. Forbes' Princeton friend Chris Leach recalls the day in 1970 when he borrowed Forbes' brand-new, bright orange Mercury Cougar XR-7 to make a pizza run--and totaled it. When Steve found out, Leach recalls, "he just looked at me and said, 'Uh-huh.' And he called his father, and his father came down from Far Hills...