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Articles in Feb 4, 2008, issue of Nation's Restaurant News

• First looks at 2008 are not pretty as operators lower EPS forecasts
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• El Paso gets $50m infusion for Calif., N.M., Ariz. units
• Tropical smoothie promotes 'Fool's Gold' with menu items, sweepstakes
• Joe's chain taps chef Pyles' disciple Dunn as top toque
• Boneless wings return to Zaxby's
• Tyson
• Certified Clam
• Perlick names new manufacturer's reps
• Same store sales trends
• IHOP: Applebee's spinoffs won't yield expected cash
• Mel's Diner shutters units, faces debt delinquencies
• Sizzler mulls trademark suit over 'Sizzler' lottery
• Venison producers launch recipe contest
• The Beef Checkoff
• CrunchTime!
• QSRs reduce corporate units to boost cash, cut costs
  by Sarah E. Lockyer
• Self-insured workers' comp ill-served by $4.8m shortfall in Tenn
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• NRA praises bipartisan $150b stimulus legislation
• NRN stock index and other selected indices
• Chefs read their leaves and see more tea in the future as premium blends gain steam
  by Florence Fabricant
• Soup chains broaden menus amid sales chill
  by Carolyn Walkup
• Heartland Brewery to grow system via $35m loan pact
• UFood Grill signs legend Foreman as chain pitchman
• Vicorp adds more 'Legendary' menu items
• Lamb Weston
• Equal
• Ramius Capital's proxy threat vs. Luby's falls flat
• Larranaga named to succeed Gould as NRN publisher
• NRN's financial scorecard
• The sweet life: dessert wines add a touch of luxury to meals on cold winter nights
  by Mary Ewing-Mulligan
• An appreciation: the ever-confident Carl Karcher, true to his motto, never gave up or lost his dream
  by Richard Martin
• Small bites show giant growth: soaring snack sales bolster the bottom line at flexible restaurants
  by Bret Thorn
• Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurants
• Unilever
• Sweet Street desserts
• BK eyes non-Fla. tomato sources amid 1 cents-a-lb. flap
• CEO Fertitta bids $1.3B to take Landry's private
• For the record
• Having words with Christopher Myers owner, Myers+Chang
  by Elissa Elan
• Public-policy activists distort issues of personal responsibility with agendas based upon absolutes
  by Richard Berman
• Duck braised in red wine: Grand Cafe, San Francisco
• Pizza Inn
• Bush's
• Au Bon Pain leaders, LNK firm pay $100m for control
• Hefty grain prices will keep egg, dairy and protein costs high
  by John T. Barone
• O'Charley's, other struggling casual-dining chains, revamp ad tactics to combat slumps
  by Gregg Cebrzynski
• CIA turns Latin American program in San Antonio into third campus
• A French classic rises to the occasion at a new restaurant concept in Dallas
  by Ron Ruggles
• Successful succession in family-owned-and-operated businesses can be a complex affair
  by Catherine R. Cobb
• Le Cirque owner favors fast food over fine dining
  by Elissa Elan
• Bay 13
  by Lisa Jennings
• The Culinary Institute of America
• Coca-Cola Co
• Tully's Coffee in executive shakeup, HQ staff cutback
• NRA's SAFE golf outing raises $400k for political action fund
• For the record
• New MGM Grand Casino-Hotel begins hunt for 2,000 workers
• Wendy's to doff red-wig ads in shift to animation
• Busboy beefs up bankroll as Kid Rock rewards return of friend's watch
  by Elissa Elan
• Beast
  by Lisa Jennings
• Mitsui acquires San Rallo Pasta Co
• Bunn
• Dunkin' shifts leadership, eyes mainland China debut
• People Report confab focuses on leadership, human resources
  by Dina Berta
• McD's flat Dec. sales, dip in traffic raise recession fears
• Byrd named Palm Restaurant Group's Operator of the Year
• Recession-wary upscale operators eye restaurant weeks' traffic boosts
  by Lisa Jennings
• Grandma visits McD drive-thru, orders fries and gets arrested
  by Elissa Elan
• Clyde common
  by Lisa Jennings
• RestaurantDealer.com debuts new facility
• ACH Food Companies
• CIA faculty vet Joseph Amendola dies at age 87
• CKE renews soft-drink supply contract with Coca-Cola for all Carl's Jr., Hardee's locations
• Pizza Hut: red-hot results for 'Total Mobile' ordering
• Chipotle Mexican Grill taps Devito/Verdi for advertising duties
• Revised NYC menu-labeling law reignites fierce debate
  by Paul Frumkin
• Rat's: Hamilton, N.J
• The Country Cat Dinnerhouse Bar
  by Lisa Jennings
• Mixtec names Batti managing-senior partner
• Pilgrim's Pride