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...Gates believes he can be that voice without leaving the banks of the Charles River. While tenured at Duke, Gates spent a lot of time away from Durham, attending conferences and giving lectures across the country. Gates says his leadership role in the field justified his frequent travel. On reflection, Gates says, his travel was also an excuse to leave Duke...
Layoffs have been turning the lives of midlevel managers and other white- collar workers upside down. Bruce Deberry, 38, earned $60,000 a year in 1989 as a project manager for Digital Equipment Corp. while living comfortably in the university town of Durham, N.H. Sensing that layoffs were imminent, Deberry quit to get a jump on changing jobs. But he has found only short-term consulting work and has earned just $10,000 so far this year. He now faces bankruptcy and foreclosure on his home. "The worst part is the feeling that I'm all washed...
Hoffa's son has pledged to root out the Mob, and his attacks on the current Teamster leadership have been fiery. But last week Hoffa sounded highly conciliatory as he pondered whether he will have to grovel for support from the Durham or Shea camps for a rules change to allow him to run. "Everyone's heart is in the right place," Hoffa says now about his opponents, sounding more and more like the consummate politician his father...
Dull speaking, in Costner's case, is an emblem of miscasting. The character of Robin Hood demands emotional exuberance -- not Costner's forte. He does not spring; he is coiled. He is a reactive actor; audiences enjoy watching him think. In Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and Dances with Wolves he played, quite persuasively, cynics who find something to believe in. But Nottinghamshire is no place for California dreamin'. Perhaps, in the two recent movies about legendary princes, the stars should have swapped roles. Mel Gibson could have been a dashing Robin Hood and Costner a provocative Hamlet...
After capturing the NCAA title one year earlier in Princeton, N.J., the Harvard women's lacrosse team entered Durham, N.H. in the first round of the tournament hoping to walk the championship trail one more time...