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Nothing wrong at all, agree the giants of the fast-food business, who are paying renewed attention to faithful customers like Minturn. After years of putting "lean" and "light" items on menus in a largely futile effort to attract dieters and the health conscious, the industry is focused again on its original mission of delivering loads of yummy, juicy calories as quickly and cheaply as possible. Challenged by competition from new steakhouses, ethnic eateries and drive-through restaurants, the fast-food chains are offering -- and customers are buying -- more generous portions of traditional favorites: bigger burgers, heftier pizzas, and fries...
...Wendy's lean burger never made it past the company's taste testers, but its double cheeseburger is selling well; in August the chain plans to unveil a Big Bacon Classic in new ads featuring portly founder Dave Thomas. Burger King, which saw its Weight Watchers line of meals flop, has enlarged its fish sandwich 45% and rechristened it "the Big Fish." Kentucky Fried Chicken, after a disastrous experience with skin-free chicken, is having far more success with Popcorn Chicken II, a breaded, calorie-packed, dark-meat appetizer...
...very lean administration," Green adds. "The entire thing is faculty-run and he has a way of moving people from the chairmanship of this to the chairmanship of that and after a while they know the whole school. That gives the place a real tight feeling from the faculty point of view...
...always was sharp in math," his father says. "He never needed a calculator. He could do it in his head faster. I was hoping he would lean to business. But I didn't interfere...
...their work and the changing world around them. Also useful is Jong's quick summary of Miller's career--particularly the history of Miller's censorship and publication--although it relies heavily on much more interesting books on the same subject such as Edward de Grazia's Girls Lean Back Everywhere...