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...Stadium is among the dying breed of domed arenas boasting a stuffy indoor atmosphere, an artificial surface and a retractable roof that could never retract. But when team owner Jeff Loria, a New York city art dealer, decided against renewing his lease on the land earmarked for the new Labatt Stadium and failed to negotiate any English-language television deal, almost no one outside of Montreal blinked...
Since the first SRO Dublin engagement, Riverdance has shuttled between Ireland and London, where it plays at Labatt's Apollo theater in Hammersmith, an old rock palace where the Beatles and the Stones once trod the boards. Because it is a big, expensive production, the show needs a theater that seats around 3,000. This week it starts a short U.S. run at New York City's Radio City Music Hall; most seats were sold weeks ago. A national tour is planned for later in the year...
...speakeasies. Home restaurants are legal, but as a university-trained engineer, Octavio is barred from private enterprise. His official job earns him 300 pesos a month, a good salary in Cuba, but that equals a mere $2.50, the cost of a pork sandwich and a bottle of Labatt's beer on his patio. "I have kids, and they need to eat. They want ice cream, things in the stores," says Octavio, "so I do this. I have to have dollars...
...such symbolism in the Blue Jays' victory is mere nonsense. Although owned by the largest Canada-based brewing company (Labatt's) and supported by Canadian fans, the Blue Jays' players are just as American and Latino as those of any other team. (In fact, the Blue Jays don't even have a token Canadian player...