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Born in Louisville, Ky., in 1936, Mary Allin Travers moved as a baby with her writer parents to New York City's Greenwich Village, where she would join the blooming local folk scene in nearby Washington Square Park. In her teens, as a member of the Song Swappers, she sang backup for Pete Seeger and appeared on Broadway in the short-lived folk musical The Next President. She also earned money babysitting; one of her charges was an infant English aristocrat, the fifth Baron Haden-Guest, who as Christopher Guest would direct and star in the 2003 film A Mighty...
...helped foil the escape attempt, but Lofty suffered headaches for weeks. While out on leave, he had a stroke and died last August. The local Fulton County coroner ruled his death was not work-related, but colleagues are convinced otherwise, said Madarasz. Similar complaints are raised by the New York State Public Employees Federation (NYSPEF), which represents the state facilities' counselors, doctors and other professionals; it reports a spike in assaults against staff and in resident-on-resident violence since the reforms were started...
State administrators say the facilities want to continue justifying the need for detention to retain upstate jobs. But unions point to the case of Renee Greco, a 24-year-old supervisor in a halfway house in western New York, who was clubbed to death while playing cards with some of her charges. Her assailants, ages 17 and 18, have pleaded not guilty to charges of second- and first-degree murder, respectively...
...established a bridgehead outside Latin America in September, opening La Mar in San Francisco, which specializes in seafood and Peru's signature creation, ceviche. But that is just the beginning. He sees New York City as the real launching pad for rapid expansion. "If we make it in New York, we will be ready to green-light all of our brands," he says. "But first we need to pass the test there." Acurio has scouts checking out the city, looking for the right location for the right price. He hopes to firm up a deal shortly. (See pictures of what...
...world's palates. "We are living the same kind of moment Japan did decades ago, inventing a market where one does not exist," says Acurio. The world is a different place from the one in which Benihana first branched out of Japan and opened in the U.S. - in New York - in 1964. Tastes have become more global and transportation allows fresh produce to move from a farm in Peru to a restaurant kitchen in Europe or the U.S. in less than 24 hours, making it easy to start - and sustain - a trend...