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LEAVE IT TO THE COMEDIAN to have the last laugh. Joey Bishop outlived all the more famous--and more raucous--Rat Packers. By the 1960s he had earned stardom alongside buddies Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. But he was never completely overshadowed by the better-known members of his cohort. In 1960 TIME wrote, "Theoretically, Joey has bottom billing, [but] as soon as he starts talking he is recognized as top banana in a newly assembled comedy act that is breaking up Vegas." Bishop later appeared in his own sitcom and filled in about...
What's your favorite Stone's Album? -Frank Schieber, AtlantaI love Beggars Banquet, Exile on Main St. and Some Girls - to name...
...Society and of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, is exploring the possibility of a bill that will remove congressional limitations on online gaming. In 2006, Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, barring U.S. banks from transferring money to online gaming companies. But this April, Rep. Barney Frank ’61 (D-Mass.) introduced a bill that would legalize the $13 billion Internet gambling industry and bring it under the jurisdiction of the federal government. On Monday, Nesson, a specialist in cyberlaw, attended a meeting with Frank in Washington to discuss the measure...
...Programs to the city for a program that trains local alcohol servers and sellers to prevent underage drinking. The initiative, called “21 Proof,” is unique in “the collaboration between the licensees and the license commission,” according to Frank W. Connelly, trainer and community organizer of the Cambridge Prevention Coalition (CPC), one of the three organizations that oversees 21 Proof. 21 Proof, Connelly added, educates not only managers and servers, but also retailers and wholesalers in identifying behavioral cues of intoxication and developing intervention strategies. Alan Moghul, director...
Plympton Street now has another landmark—Frank, Mark & Pauline Kramer Square. Harvard Book Store, a destination for famous authors such as Stephen King and Al Gore ’69, drew a crowd of its own when the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Plympton Street on which it stands was rechristened in honor of the store’s founding family. The signpost identifying Frank, Mark & Pauline Kramer Square, as it is now officially known, was unveiled Saturday morning. Carole Horne, the store’s general manager, said the staff decided to celebrate the store?...