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...four residents of Stoughton North celebrated by playing a round of dorm golf—a tradition they started at the beginning of the year. The four first-years played this game by starting on the top floor of the dorm and working their way down until landing a golf ball into a hole set up in a first-floor bedroom...

Author: By Joshua P. Rogers and Adam P. Schneider, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: On Lottery Eve, Rituals Reign | 3/25/2004 | See Source »

...contract from the U.S. to supply smallpox vaccine, a contract that transformed the company from a small R.-and-D. shop into a drugmaker with clout. So it's no wonder that the Acambis board took a chance on Cameron and named him CEO. The Scotsman, whose hobbies include golf, will try to tee up the first West Nile--virus vaccine in his first months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People to Watch in International Business | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...Eagle” Cole (Gene Hackman). Through a series of mind-numbing mix-ups (the less said, the better), Handy and the ex-president end up running against each other in the town’s mayoral race. Soon they’re playing a round of golf to decide not only their respective political futures, but who gets to date Sally. In one significant way, Mooseport diverges from its “Leave It to Beaver” sensibilities, ultimately telling its audience that government is best left to cheats and liars. It’s a message that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekend Listings | 3/19/2004 | See Source »

...stock price, denting Ebbers' net wealth. Yet he tapped WorldCom's cash reserves for hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to buy even more stock plus a huge ranch in British Columbia, a Georgia yacht builder and a minor league hockey team. (He still owns a golf club and a lumber business in Mississippi.) To keep WorldCom afloat, prosecutors charge, Ebbers allegedly resorted to a combination of hype, hidden expenses and phantom revenue to inflate earnings by all those billions and perpetuate the illusion that WorldCom was worth its lofty share price. When the hoax finally emerged, the stock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next: WorldCom's $11 Billion Case | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

Some couples golf together. Some play tennis. And some, like Terry Viney, 62, and his wife Leilani, 51, dance--and by dancing, we're not talking about the occasional night out. Terry, a strategic-planning consultant, and Leilani, a dietitian, spend 20 hours a week taking lessons and rehearsing the waltz, fox trot, tango and quickstep. They hone their moves so they can participate in about 10 different ballroom-dancing competitions a year. It's an endeavor that costs $6,000 annually, mostly spent on travel and numerous gowns and tuxedos that have been hand stitched for their outings. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Having a Ball | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

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