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If you want to be like Colonel Sanders, you need to start with Pi Kappa Alpha.
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They call it the curse of Colonel Sanders – not, as you might think, the potentially unpleasant side effects of wolfing down a KFC, but a reference to one of the great sagas of Japan's national obsession, baseball.
In 1985, the last year the Hanshin Tigers, Osaka's fanatically supported but perennially unsuccessful baseball team, won the league and Japan Series double, delirious fans celebrated by leaping from a bridge into the filthy Dotonbori river.
Amid the frenzy, a few well-refreshed supporters uprooted a statue of colonel from outside the nearest Kentucky Fried Chicken and hurled him into the water where he remained, despite several rescue attempts, for almost a quarter of a century.
The KFC emblem had been chosen for his resemblance to the team's star player that year, the bearded, portly American slugger, Randy Bass.
But a record streak of last-place finishes, and failure to win a single Japan Series since, convinced superstitious fans that the colonel had placed a curse on their team.
Many hope the curse may now be lifted after divers carrying out construction work brought the statue back to the surface, covered in grey sludge, minus his left hand and trademark black-rimmed spectacles.
His appearance was greeted with cheers from workers and a large contingent of reporters sent to witness the recovery operation.
"It's only a statue, but I felt as if I was rescuing someone," one worker said.They call it the curse of Colonel Sanders – not, as you might think, the... more
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Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy's. He began his career at age 25 after an unlikely meeting with Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Thomas was interviewed by Joel Engardio in June 1997 for the POV magazine column "When I Was 25" where successful people talk about their formative days.
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http://www.joelengardio.comDave Thomas was the founder of Wendy's. He began his career at age 25 after an... more
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