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...comes close. The first time I rode the T, in fact, the Disney-fied part of my brain was expecting a simulator. The spooky Widener of yesteryear could be our Haunted Mansion (hey, they’ve already added a turnstile) and the Quincy House elevators make a convincing Tower of Terror. Tomorrowland is represented by the Science Center and the distant and alluring Quad is Frontierland. The fake brick and simulated history of Liberty Square makes way for the real and dangerously uneven brick sidewalks of truly historical Cambridge. Street entertainment at Disney World abounds, as familiar characters...
...first heist, I headed over to Tower Records. Unbeknownst to me, they were in the midst of their annual “stock-up sale” and I was surrounded by reasonably priced selections. Then I realized that the prices were so low, I was practically stealing from Tower merely by taking advantage of this monumental sales event. After paying the cashier, I walked out with 20 new CDs and some hard evidence for my study. Stealing was pretty easy, perhaps a little too easy. At this point, it looked like thieves should go to jail...
...ENRON HEADQUARTERS There are fewer employees, but restaurants are still crowded. Its unfinished $339 million tower next door is in the process of being leased to other firms...
...finish[ing] up like Harold Robbins," the novelist who churned out books into his 80s. King said he worries about repeating himself, which seems inevitable, since he's published at least a book a year since 1974. He plans to finish the last three novels in his "Dark Tower" series and this fall publish From a Buick Eight, about a car he describes as "not normal." Chances are it will be abnormal in ways different from Christine, but at least we'll probably be spared a novel about children who worship sweet potatoes...
...June 2, 2001, a squad came out of the jungle seeking medical treatment for injured fighters. They stormed the Torres hospital and holed up inside. The police and army mounted a day-long siege, exchanging fire with Abu Sayyaf fighters stationed behind hospital windows and in the bell tower of neighboring St. Peter's Church, where Father Cirilo Nacorda, who himself had been an Abu Sayyaf hostage for two months in 1994 (and who now keeps two guns in his office), hid from the battle. By late afternoon, both sides were running low on ammunition. Then the soldiers guarding...