Word: chain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great manager, if they can squeeze only one world championship out of eight consecutive first-place finishes. They forget that the Orioles' Earl Weaver, generally acknowledged to be the best manager of the post-expansion era, pulled only one championship out of six firsts, and he never had to chain-smoke his way through three rounds of play-offs. Cox could have retired last Friday and history would recognize him as the outstanding manager that...
Food Lion promptly sued the network--but not for libel, which would be appropriate if the story were false. Instead, the chain blamed its losses on the false job applications the reporters filed and their breach of loyalty to their "employer." A jury originally awarded Food Lion more than $5 million in damages; the excessive figure was reduced by the district court to about $300,000. Yet in a 2-1 decision on Oct. 20, a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out all but $2 of the damages, affirming the principle that the press cannot...
...truth of the PrimeTime Live story was not contested before the court, regardless of the way in which that truth was exposed. As the district court ruled, it was Food Lion's food handling practices themselves, not the method by which they were recorded and published, which caused the chain's losses in sales and stock price. Some might find this distinction tenuous, but the First Amendment places strict requirements on libel suits that challenge a story's truth or falsehood. To tie the information presented in a story to the method in which the story was written...
...lifetime/ Don't it just fly by wild and free..." Tim McGraw's voice rings out from a boom box perched on an aluminum grandstand, behind a well-worn softball diamond. Beth Perez, 17, is playing catch and humming along, until she sees the yellow sign hanging from the chain-link backstop: WE LOVE YOU MR. AVERBUCH...
...black neighborhood. His father is a supermarket produce manager; his stepmother works at a department store. Bobby once worked at the Gap after school, but with chiseled good looks and at 6 ft. 2 in. and 195 lbs., he looked as if he should be posing in the clothing chain's ads, not restocking its shelves. He has an ability to seduce both kids and adults. When he works as an aide in the principal's office, visitors often just stare...