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...York. New York City is home to nearly as many fads and trends as its West Coast counterpart. Last year the rage was sucking subway tokens out of the turnstiles. This year, apparently, it's hustling long-distance phone calls made with stolen access codes. In the Big Apple, creativity is king...
From afar, the blue- and red-striped tents seemed to produce an anachronism, a medieval fair nestled in a New England setting. Under the tents, throngs of eager shoppers flocked to the 55 booths set up for the association's six-hour spring counterpart to Oktoberfest...
Pescosolido is fine as the neurotically over-sensitive Hannah, and does the best she can with weak lines. McCabe, her male counterpart, never completely convinces in the role of a 40-year-old, and delivers his lines with a bit too much sincerity and not enough humor...
...time LaVigne recovered, he was even with his closest counterpart. But he flew over the last three hurdles to win by nearly a second...
Gone from the modern training lexicon are the physical brutality and psychological abuse that once made camps like Parris Island, S.C., seem the American counterpart of Devil's Island. Boot camp is still rigorous, and some drills involve live ammunition; 37 enlistees have died during training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego since 1970. But Marine regulations adopted in 1976 forbid drill instructors from touching recruits except to correct their position during instruction or to prevent injury. Punitive push- ups are now limited to just five minutes, with a 30-second break midway. Mental harassment is frowned...