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...name dicaprio.com in 1996 after renting What's Eating Gilbert Grape on video and becoming a die-hard fan. The home page was just a hobby, a way to learn how to build a website. Then, on the day Titanic came out, the $20,000 computer that served www.dicaprio.com sank like the great ship itself. "I had to reboot it every half hour," Gaskins recalls. Finally he relocated to more heavy-duty digs donated by a for-profit site that sells Leo-related merchandise...
...Boston and Fenway Park, arguably the best of the old-time ball fields--though with a few dubious distinctions. For starters, the park's opening game was held the same day the Titanic sank, in 1912. The home-team Red Sox have managed to stay afloat but haven't won a World Series since 1918. Still, no fan would want to miss seeing the Green Monster, the 37-ft.-high left-field wall painted in 1947. The Red Sox play Toronto (with ex-Red Sox legend Roger Clemens) on July 23, but before game day, spend a couple of days...
...manuscript. But very few ever learn the Straus tragedy. And of those who do, fewer remember this random piece of school trivia. Apparently Mrs. Straus had a spot on one of the life boats, but refused to leave her husband. She stayed and they both drowned together as Titanic sank. In their memory, the Straus' children donated Straus Hall. Proof that while Harvard people may be very dedicated, they often forget to have a life...
...tried another reinvention--this time into a softer, more "user-friendly" Madonna. Though the album featured some of her best music, the media dumped on the "good girl" attempt and dredged up all the disasters of her "Sex Trilogy." Result: the album debuted high on the charts and sank fast...
Senior guard Sarah Brandt sank three straight treys in the first half for her nine points against Yale; in her last six games, Brandt is shooting 44 percent from beyond the arc. Senior Karun Grossman also sank both treys she attempted. The Crimson attempted a team-record 33 three-point shots against Yale, connecting...