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Then again, perhaps his persistence was rooted in the sentiments of his protagonist, Duncan Thaw, an angst-ridden young painter who observes that “Someone might work and work at a thing, not because they were encouraged, but because they never learned to enjoy anything else...

Author: By Catherine L. Tung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vintage Bookends: Duncan Thaw’s Excellent Adventure | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...office in 1997. No wonder: a year after winning a third term in office, the British leader is drenched in a storm of disdain. "He should go and give a different leader a chance," says Josie Brown, 54, an adult student in London, over lunch in the park. Francis Duncan, a Scottish taxi driver, puts it more bluntly: "Vote Tory! We're pissed off with Blair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter From London: Labour's Love Lost | 5/16/2006 | See Source »

...public disdain. "Blair should go and give a different leader a chance," says Josie Brown, a mature student in London, over lunch in the park. "I think he should have gone a long time ago," says Andrew Jackson, a TV executive, while leafing through the Financial Times. Francis Duncan, head of a Scottish taxi company, puts it bluntly: "Vote Tory! We're pissed off with Blair." Voters are queuing up to bury Blair, not to praise him. He is now the most unpopular Labour Prime Minister since World War II, with a 26% approval rating. In local elections two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Ungently | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...trial set to begin this summer. Judge George Sprague set a timeline for the trial at yesterday’s hearing, scheduling the discovery motions—the next date Purdy is due in court—for July 27, according to Middlesex District Attorney (D.A.) spokeswoman Emily LaGrassa. Duncan W. Purdy, 52, who is also charged with indecent assault and battery of a person over 14 years old, has pled not guilty to all charges. Purdy was first arrested in early October of last year after an undercover sting operation by the Cambridge Police Department and Somerville Police Department...

Author: By Reed B. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Salon Owner's Trial Set for Jury | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

...Duncan connected the University’s mission with that of the public school system he runs, saying both were in the service of the social good...

Author: By David adam Lorch, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Overseers Election Gets Heated | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

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