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Only a few days earlier, the governor of Manchester's Strangeways Prison had pronounced it "the fastest-improving establishment in the country." Not for long. As if to mock that boast, most of the prison's 1,648 inmates went on a rampage last week to protest against overcrowding and outdated facilities. At least two died and scores were injured in the red brick relic, which was built in 1868 to incarcerate...
...family and the fact that his father had died of cancer at the age of 46, Lynch said he had decided it was time to quit. He will be succeeded by Morris Smith, 32, who runs the $700 million Fidelity OTC (over-the-counter) fund, one of the fastest-growing parts of the Fidelity group's 180-fund empire...
...baseball never changes. A perfectly fielded ground ball to the shortstop will still nip even the fastest of runners at first just as it did in 1908 (the last time the Cubs won a World Series, by the way). The epic struggle of the hitter and pitcher carries all the potency today as when Ty Cobb first stepped to the plate 90 years ago. And for the fans, Gary Cooper in Pride of the Yankees was just as cool as Robert Redford in The Natural...
...NOTEBOOK: Seat racing for the crew began at the beginning of break and concluded last Thursday with just three practices before the Northeastern race. The crews continue seat racing this week as Heavyweight Coach Liz O'Leary searches for the fastest boat...
Tougher question: What is the fastest-rising car company in Europe, a manufacturer whose product line is so sophisticated, so sensitive to shifts in market demand, that it has outperformed all its rivals in the past year...