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- <text id=91TT1632>
- <title>
- July 22, 1991: Bad Manners
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- July 22, 1991 The Colorado
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 13
- Bad Manners
- </hdr><body>
- <p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
- </p>
- <p> Lights, Camera, Action.
- </p>
- <p> Axl Rose, lead screamer for Guns N' Roses, worries about
- his image--the visual one, anyway. Concert promoters in
- Missouri are suing him for throwing a tantrum and sparking a
- riot after he spotted a fan videotaping him. A week later at a
- concert for 20,000 fans,Rose showed up two hours late.
- </p>
- <p> Flag Spurning.
- </p>
- <p> Marriott Corp., which handles the food concessions at
- Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, issued a memo last month ordering
- vendors to "keep working during The Star-Spangled Banner."
- Employees rebelled, and the company dropped the idea two weeks
- later.
- </p>
- <p> No Respect for the Elderly.
- </p>
- <p> At a Capitol Hill luncheon addressed by John Sununu,
- 79-year-old lawyer Harry Rosen field had trouble getting to his
- feet to hector the chief of staff about Dan Quayle's fitness to
- be President. When Rosenfield was done, Sununu retorted, "If
- Quayle does ascend to the presidency, you can be sure he won't
- fall out of his chair!"
- </p>
- <p> Don't Leave Home With It.
- </p>
- <p> Lots of batters have charged the mound after getting hit
- by a pitch, but when Detroit outfielder John Shelby went after
- Boston's Roger Clemens last week, the slugger took his bat
- along on the trip for emphasis. That's a big no-no. Shelby, who
- was tackled by the catcher, earned an ejection and may be
- suspended.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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