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...graying of America also challenges traditional notions of retirement that once made a worker's 65th birthday a career ender. That milestone--decreed by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the 1880s when the average life expectancy was just 45--typically came with a party and a pension, plus plenty of time for golf and the grandkids. But many seniors today are moving on to new careers, not only because they can use the money but also because they can and want to keep working...
There's not much to do on a Saturday night in Minot. Flinn wouldn't date fellow officers, she said; it wouldn't be professional. And anyway, there are few places to go. The drive down to Bismarck for crab legs at the Red Lobster takes an hour and a half. Minot offers darts or billiards at the local taverns and a bowling tournament every Friday night. Flinn's favorite bar was a college and Air Force hangout called Peyton Place...
Branagh sets the play in a pre-World-War-I era, apparently for no reason other than novelty. As all Hamlet-o-philes know, the story begins with the sighting of King Hamlet's ghost by Horatio (Nicholas Ferrell), Marcellus (Jack Lemmon '47) and Barnardo (Ian McElhinney). Here Bismarck-style hats poised atop the head of an improbably cast Marcellus steal a scene intended to prepare the audience for the play's mood of ranting and revenge. But to the audience's consternation, the period so over-emphasized early on plays a minor or non-existent role later...
BORN: Jan. 21, 1961, Rolette EDUCATION: Concordia College at Moorhead (Minn.), B.A., 1983 FAMILY: Wife, Kris; four children RELIGION: Lutheran MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Director, North Dakota Tourism Department, 1993- POLITICAL CAREER: North Dakota Republican Party executive director, 1989-93, state chairman, 1991-93 ADDRESS: 105 East Broadway, Box 7395, Bismarck...
BORN: Sept. 2, 1952, Valley City EDUCATION: U of North Dakota, B.A., 1974, J.D., 1979 FAMILY: Wife, Laurie Kirby; two adopted children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: North Dakota House, 1981-85; insurance commissioner, 1985-92; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 746, Bismarck...