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  "founded": 1956
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  "what": "The chain founded by Harry Winokur, Bill Rosenberg's former partner, absorbed into Dunkin' in the United States and still large in Asia.",
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  "today": "The American chain disappeared into its rival; the Japanese one exported a new shape back."
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