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...midst of planning for a funeral and memorial service, family and colleagues of renowned Civil War professor William E. Gienapp remembered him yesterday as a gifted scholar, devoted teacher and avid...

Author: By Joseph M. Tartakoff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Family, Colleagues Remember Historian | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

...lover of tennis and an avid reader, Bradley was known as an outspoken advocate for patients and promoted the administering of oral agents to treat type 2 diabetes...

Author: By Nadia L. Oussayef, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Diabates, Expert, HMS Professor Dies at 83 | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

Despite the pressures of his professional career, Bradley still found time to be an avid sports fan—and no one could beat his knowledge of Boston sports history, according to Susan Bradley...

Author: By Nadia L. Oussayef, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Diabates, Expert, HMS Professor Dies at 83 | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

Ennis and 19 have market research on their side. As Davis suggests, avid music fans expect their stars to evolve. But the Idol audience, which has an unprecedented ownership stake in Aiken's career, is not made up of avid music fans. A disproportionate number of copies of This Is the Night were sold at Wal-Mart and Target stores, and a large number of those discs were picked up in the check-out lane, where Sanders positioned Idol merchandise to catch the eye of people who wouldn't think of stopping in the music section. "Our consumer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Building A Better Pop Star | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...avid Auburn fan—in Alabama, you must choose between the Tide and Tigers at an early age—McBurney watched the University of Alabama fall to his Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium when he was seven years old for his first live football game...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Southern Comfort: DT McBurney Right At Home at Harvard | 10/8/2003 | See Source »

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