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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuC_4mGTs98
Also, she took his pulse while wearing gloves.
It was definitely waterboarding torture. The act of torture wasn't shown but undeniably implied by showing the unopened water bottle next to the drain in the floor. The physical intimidation was meant to invoke fear of physical brutality. Then follows the waterboarding to invoke the fear of death.
By signing she belied her reputation. Her signature was more than a 'face' saving gesture, it was an act of self preservation born out of fear, intimidation, and duress.
They were out negotiated and then leveraged into a buyout. They could've hammered out a new contract with Kroc and kept their shares that would be worth $100M per year today, but they sold out for $2.7M. Kroc told them at the outset he wanted to put restaurants in all 48 states, and they agreed to that but they couldn't reconcile themselves to the changes Kroc had to make to their initial concept in order to go nationwide.
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