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...DURHAM, N.C.—One of my all-time favorite Far Side cartoons depicts a student at Midvale School for the Gifted trying to open a door labeled “pull” by pushing as hard as he can. The joke is simple, straight to the point and excruciatingly true. Few will deny that gifted children, for all their intellectual and academic talents, are often some of the most scatter-brained and socially inept people imaginable...
...moved by "Walk Through Darkness" by David Anthony Durham (Doubleday: May), giving it a starred review. "Powerfully written and emotionally devastating, this new novel by Durham ('Gabriel's Story') tells the parallel tales of two men in antebellum America: William, a young fugitive slave, and Morrison, a white man hired to track him down.? In the thrilling climax, Morrison reveals an unexpected tie that binds him to William and makes a gesture that he hopes will redeem his sins. Durham's writing is forceful and full of startling imagery as he testifies to the courage (and sometimes the ambivalence...
Back on their home turf at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C., the Blue Devils raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, avenging a 6-5 loss to Harvard last year at Jordan Field...
...five victims, members of the AACF music team, were traveling to the organization’s winter retreat at Camp Maranatha in New Durham, N.H., and had left Cambridge early to set up for the conference...
...accident victims—members of the HRAACF music team—were heading to Camp Maranatha in New Durham, N.H., as part of the HRAACF winter retreat. The victims left Cambridge before the bulk of the group’s members in order to set up for the conference...