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The vogue is spreading. Gymboree, a franchise operation that started seven years ago in San Mateo, Calif., now has 61 outposts operating in 14 states that provide educational play for about 10,000 children. "Learning to read begins at birth," says one of Gymboree's brochures, but the $4...
"The people who come to the games in Toronto are reserved to the point of courteousness," says Peter Bavasi, operator of the expansion franchise for the first five years. Gary Carter says the Expos fans "have more loyalty to a great display of baseball skill than to the home team...
One prominent horse breeder manifestly upset by the inquiries is Anita Madden, a legendary partygiver. When WKYT-TV broadcast a report in April on the investigation involving Lambert, Madden picketed the station. In May, WKYT announced that it was abolishing its investigative-reporter franchise.
Smith is 32, the second oldest of the still youthful Islanders, a last remnant of the expansion draft that stocked the franchise eleven years ago. He can recall mean times and does so nostalgically. "One problem with playing on a winner," sighs Smith, "is you can't go out...
Cities and towns have become fed up with the double dealing of many private operators. The people of Brookline awarded a contract to the Time-Mirror Company which, even as it was signing the contract, was negotiating to dump the franchise into the lap of Cablevision, the company owning the...