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...Derek Lowe characterized the Red Sox as one "big dysfunctional family." After witnessing the Everett saga, he never seemed more right. This season has not been pretty--from starting pitchers' anger about being pulled early by Williams to the abrupt departures of Mike Stanley and Jeff Frye. But Duquette reached a new low by publicly backing one of his players over his manager...
...contrast, Derek C. Bok, his predecessor, went to Harvard Law School, served as dean there and then served as president of Harvard for two decades...
...Harley-Davidson and a Victory. While at Goldman Sachs, he invested in a hot-air-balloon company that sold rides over London to tourists. His wry sense of humor makes him a staff favorite (a policy briefing he was asked to give at the Republican National Convention--to Bo Derek--has been a source of jokes ever since). Bush likes to call his policy director "Yosh," and "just loves the weird connection" of the brainy and the offbeat sides of Bolten's personality, says Karl Rove, the campaign's chief strategist...
HARRY SHEARER, a.k.a. Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls, who in the film has a foil-wrapped zucchini strapped to his inner thigh: "I'd always select the pat-down. First, because X-rays can kill you. Second, because you never know when you'll run into a really foxy female guard...
...hadn't really thought through the implications of bringing to an already very crowded area a magnet that would draw two to three million people a year," said former University President Derek C. Bok. "That came as a bit of a shock and resulted in a sudden decision to relocate the library...