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...Torre, who will go down in history as one of baseball’s best managers. Winning a few World Series with the Yankees and being called one of the best managers of all time is like getting a rocket launcher for your birthday, taking out a couple cars and being called one of history’s best marksmen. Managing the Yankees to the World Series should, in theory, be about as challenging as piloting a washing machine through the spin cycle: Insert money, watch...
...drugs since 'The Andy Warhol Diaries'...FORECAST: Little, Brown editor Geoff Shandler got the buzz going on this book at BookExpo in May, and a first serial in this month's issue of Vanity Fair has heightened the buzz to a roar. Ubiquitous media coverage and rave reviews should rocket this one onto bestseller lists...
...limes.” Broadman’s barbecue philosophy, inspiring to tailgaters, is all about fun, food, and hanging out. After all, he explains, “All it comes down to is paying attention while you mix the drink; this isn’t rocket science...
...10am Sunday, ISAF confirmed a rocket had not exploded, according to a specialist ordinance team. The explosion had been caused by a bomb. "It doesn't appear to have been intended to cause serious harm," ISAF spokesman Squadron Leader Terry Hay told a briefing. "It seems to have been very much for effect...
...Around Kabul over the 72 hours leading to Saturday night's bombing, a 107mm rocket overshot one of the largest ISAF installations in the city and a search located twelve more that had misfired; a U.S. soldier was shot by a sniper; and in Gardez, two hours to the south, a video store was bombed and a rocket fired at U.S. special forces. These rocket attacks have become increasingly common, launched by timers as basic as a punctured water bucket fixed to drain at a measured speed and complete an electrical circuit, or as sophisticated as electrical boards rigged...