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Click. The entire event had been begat in that emotion. The feeling lasted about two seconds, long enough for me to intuitively accept the absurdity of the situation and click...
...years since Walt begat Disneyland, "theme parks" have become a staple of the American family vacation. Their diversions range from reconstituted Old World Gemütlichkeit (as in the six European hamlets at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va.) to a simulated parachute jump (Six Flags over Texas, Dallas). Attractive as many of them are, the parks are generally located a long way from anywhere, take at least a day to "do," and can cost a prince's purse for tickets, meals and a room at the inn. The Krofft brothers' answer: bring the theme park downtown...
...brash ads open a new battle in a marketing war that so far has been fought mostly over menus. Jack's officials claim that Jack's Bonusburger begat McDonald's Big Mac-but concede that McDonald's Fillet O'Fish begat the Moby Jack. In early morning skirmishes, Breakfast Jacks fight Egg McMuffins. In its ads, Jack long tried to counter Ronald McDonald with Rodney Allen Rippy, a five-year-old who demonstrated on TV his inability to stuff a Jumbo Jack burger into his mouth...
...know what Catherine Dean's acting experience is like, and no one thought she was very special in Dracula this fall. But her Eve is the best performance I've seen at Harvard. The first act turns into the second with an omniscient voice intoning a "begat" section of the Bible, while shadows file on and off the stage leaving it a clutter of history. Eve is there knitting, lines of childbirth drawn onto her face, placid as her husband digs in the dirt beside her. A brash and warlike Cain returns, brandishing a spear, and in the mother...
...seventh day, Long Island's Newsday always rested, secure in the knowledge that on the other six, its 450,000 circulation covered two out of every three homes on the island. No more. Last weekend Newsday begat Sunday Newsday, complete with separate sections for commentary, entertainment, sports, comics and a slick local four-color magazine titled L.I. The management expects to sell 500,000 Sunday copies, mostly at the expense of three competitors that previously carved up the Long Island Sunday field among them: the New York Daily News, Long Island Press and New York Times. One year...