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...favorite riot, funny until it turned fatal, occurred at New York City's Astor Place Theater in May 1849, when factions supporting two rival Shakespearean actors--William Macready, the mincing traditionalist from England, and Edwin Forrest, the obstreperous, furniture-chewing American--became so violent at Macready's performance of Macbeth that the militia was summoned. The militia opened fire, and 22 boisterous theater lovers died...
...DIED. FORREST MARS SR., 95, candy mogul; in Miami. Mars took over the Mars company from his father, who created the Milky Way bar in 1923. In 1940, Mars produced a slow-to-melt candy that was perfect for an era without air conditioning--and M&M's became a staple of American life, finding their way into World War II G.I. ration kits and children's school lunch bags. The treat, along with the firm's other name brands (from 3 Musketeers to the pet food Sheba), earned the Mars family a $16 billion fortune. An eccentric recluse...
Flash: movies don't kill people. Guns kill people. "What's more troubling," asks Steve Tisch, producer of Forrest Gump and American History X, "a kid with a sawed-off shotgun or a kid with a cassette of The Basketball Diaries? It's not just movies. Lots of other wires have to short before a kid goes out and does something like this. It's a piece of a much bigger, more complex puzzle...
...That's something [Assistant Coach] Chip Forrest has been working on all week with the team-getting runners to take the extra base," Walsh said. "We've got guys looking for it every time they round first, and it makes us more aggressive base runners. You might not see it in things like stolen bases, but it shows up in plays like that...
...That's something [Assistant Coach] Chip Forrest has been working on all week with the team--getting runners to take the extra base," Walsh said. "We've got guys looking for it every time they round first, and it makes us more aggressive baserunners. You might not see it in things like stolen bases, but it shows up in plays like that...