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...Nashua, N.H. They also struggle to imagine him shedding the last vestiges of his privacy (and some of his luxury!) to live in the White House; as Mayor, he's refused to tell the City Hall press corps when he's jetted off to his vacation home in Bermuda. Bloomberg has led a charmed life, but if he ever wonders about the pitfalls of a rich guy running for President, he can always ask his Bermuda neighbor: a guy named Ross Perot...
...After five minutes of intense focusing, Nall makes his first connection of the day with the faint calls of a radio operator in Bermuda...
Jamestown spawned four centuries of myths. The wreck of a reinforcement expedition in Bermuda inspired Shakespeare's magic play, The Tempest (1611), complete with Caliban, a savage aboriginal; a passage in one of John Smith's many promotional tracts inspired a verse in Peggy Lee's song Fever (1958)--"Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair." In reality, Jamestown was a hardheaded business proposition. The 104 English settlers who stayed when the ships went home--gentlemen, soldiers, privateers, artisans, laborers, boys (no women yet)--were late entrants in the New World sweepstakes. Spain had conquered Mexico...
...Hasty Pudding production. Stiller will be hosted on February 23. His roast will follow a walkthrough of Harvard Yard and precede the premiere of the production, which will run for three weeks in Cambridge before proceeding to do a weekend showing in New York and another in Bermuda. Stiller’s celebrity poses no impediment to those doing the roasting, though his wit might. “[We] are very excited to roast Stiller, though it could be tough because he’ll be able to spin most jokes back at us,” wrote Hasty Pudding...
Stiller will be hosted on February 23. His roast will follow a walkthrough of Harvard Yard and precede the premiere of the production, which will run for three weeks in Cambridge before proceeding to do a weekend showing in New York and another in Bermuda...