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Seaboard is a publicly owned company, but in fact it is the fiefdom of a reclusive Boston-area family (more on that later). A sort of mini-conglomerate, Seaboard has interests in hogs, strawberries, chickens, shrimp, salmon, flour and wine. Its operations span four continents and nearly two dozen countries and range from cargo ocean liners to sugarcane. And like other profitable businesses, it collects subsidies--or, more accurately, corporate welfare--from local, state and federal governments. Indeed, officials trip over one another in the rush to extend taxpayer support to Seaboard--from the Federal Government's Overseas Private Investment...
...varied and extensive as its menu, offering wines by the glass ranging from $5.50 for the house red to $12 for a glass of Roederer Estate Brut. Wines by the bottle straddle the spectrum equally, and the knowledgeable sommelier can offer both advice as to what to order and mini-lessons about what to expect from an unexpectedly zesty Zinfandel. Service is polished, efficient and extremely friendly...
...setters spending their nickels and dimes on destinations other than Filene's and Fresh Pond Cinema. While some regard the T as a lifeline for commercialism, in fact a closer glance at outbound Red Line T-stops reveals hidden quirky outlets interspersed in the clusters of department stores, convenience mini-markets and fast food chains...
...talk of a trend in the '90s, of course, has to be tempered by the consideration that this is a pick-'n'-package decade, its denizens choosing parts of many eras and repackaging them for easier and faster consumption. Witness the mini glam-rock revival rippling through the culture just this month. Regard for the Contemporary style, as this breed of modernism is often known, has risen steadily, however. "After living in one of these homes for a week," says Koenig of his designs, "people can never go back to a conventional house with little windows...
...frequent-flyer miles to his staff. Daly's practice of letting employees add vacation days to business trips if they want allows his firm to save on airfare--because of cut-rate Saturday-night-stayover airline prices. And his grateful employees get the added benefit of a mini-vacation at no cost to them. "I may be competing with the largest public relations firms in the world for employees; I need to differentiate myself from the big guys," Daly says...