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Margaret Thatcher arrived at her North London constituency early, in good time for glad-handing and a last bit of publicity. But it was well into the following morning when the last paper ballots from every village and shire came in: the gutsy politician of the zealous right had routed Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan and smashed the gender barrier to become Britain's first female...
...Robert Shire, who has owned the Pro for the past year, says the University has been extremely forthcoming about the process since it decided to reclaim the building around four years ago. He also says he is engaged in talks to secure a new lease in the Square...
When asked about his influences, Lowdermilk names Jason Robert Brown and his off-Broadway musical Songs for a New World. Other influences have been William Finn, David Shire, Jonathan Larson, Stephen Sondheim and bad country music. “I truly believe in musical theatre and the shows that are coming out now allow us to see its future,” he says of his favorite medium. “And I’m in love with...
...smiling boy and his mom with the message: "One dose covers his ADHD for the whole school day," plus the drug's name, Metadate CD. The ad is running in a dozen magazines, including Ladies' Home Journal, which has two more ADHD drug ads in the same issue--from Shire Pharmaceuticals (maker of Adderall) and McNeil Consumer HealthCare (Concerta). These ads don't name any medications, but they do give toll-free numbers for more information. McNeil also has a similar ad on cable...
Amid the general enthusiasm, there are a few proud holdouts. Shire Village Camp in the Berkshires of Massachusetts has two computers, and they're both used for bookkeeping and administrative tasks. E-mail--who needs it? "We don't have e-mail for the same reason we don't have TV here. We're trying to create something that isn't like what kids have all year long," says director Margaret Lopez. "We want to focus kids on interactions they're having with people at camp and activities they can do without any technological equipment...