Other competitors include the Luigi Lavazza run Barista Lavazza chain and Whitbread operated Costa Coffee stores.

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His grandfather, Phillip Smith, was the founder of General Cinema, a movie theater chain which once operated 620 screens across the nation.

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Lynn's defense team argues that he repeatedly sent word of child sex abuse up the chain of command, operated under strict orders from the late Archbishop Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua and never had the power to remove a priest from ministry.

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Most utilities operated as monopolies controlling the entire chain of production through distribution.

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So good, in fact, that Royce remains committed to keeping the Ocean House and its about-to-be-opened sister property a few miles down the road, the Weekapaug Inn, independently operated, a rarity in this era of hospitality-chain management.

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