It’s a crush
WHEN the time came in mid-May for Chicago's McCormick Place to entertain the National Restaurant Association's annual show, everything about it was big. The occasion brought in 102,000 visitors, four times as many as came to the Democrats' convention last year, which was also held in Chicago. They displayed their wares in an exhibition hall large enough to hold 20 Boeing 747s. They listened to Bob Dole give the keynote address. And they spent $160m before they left.
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