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MILWAUKEE - What does a moment sound like? It sounds like this: a crowd of 40,000 plus, standing on its feet, hooting and hollering and screaming and yelling and banging together two inflatable plastic cylinders, the brainchild of some sadistic marketing
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MILWAUKEE - "Close the door," Charlie Manuel said. We had walked into the visiting manager's office at Miller Park. It is like most of them - steel desk, black telephone, couple of chairs, impersonal, transient. Just outside in the Phillies' clubhouse, the raucous shrieking had ended. The sweet stink of sprayed champagne was pervasive but the shouting was done. An entire grinning franchise seemed as if it had plopped into a comfortable chair with a couple of beers, just enjoying the mellow.
- MAYBE THEY should halt couture. Paris Fashion Week ended yesterday, capping a season which saw designers play it safe, hoping to coax high-end customers into stores despite the global financial crisis.
- SMOKIN' JOE Frazier's son Joe Mahoney is looking forward to testifying Oct. 15 against three employees of Cavanaugh's River Deck (407 N. Columbus), who are charged with beating him senseless outside the club last year.
- THE GIZMO: Digital TV antennas and boxes. Feedback on last month's switch to digital-only broadcasting by five TV stations in Wilmington, N.C., has raised red flags in Washington. Members of the House Commerce Committee have sent a bipartisan letter to the Federal Communications Commission, decla
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'How to Lose Friends' shows how to alienate audience
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- With dire news for Wall Street and Main Street getting everyone down, it seemed time to step out for an evening on our Main Street. On a recent Saturday night, Manayunk's main drag didn't look as if the economy was keeping people from dining and being seen.
- WHEN IT comes to longevity, baby boomers rule! According to most experts, those born between 1946 and 1964 may have the highest life expectancy of any generation.
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