Industrial slides from the 1970s, wide-lapelled executives from a McDonald's corporate presentation all are fodder for a Trachtenburg extravaganza.

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Already the number of international stores and sales exceeds both measures for the U.S. Under the direction of foreign operations chief James Cantalupo, 55, 95% of all new McDonald's stores will be overseas, at least for the next five years.

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Or how Castro would go to McDonald's most everyday and bring back bags of food, all for a bachelor who everyone believed lived alone.

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