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Brain Drain

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, August 1, 2002.

Lots of the Granite State’s brightest young minds are leaving for work or college elsewhere. Educators, business leaders and state officials say it’s time to change that—by offering breaks on tuition and creating a better social scene for young people. Laura talks with Ross Gittell, associate professor of Management at UNH’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics www.unh.edu/wsbe and John Crosier, president of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire www.nhbia.org.

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Shakespeare the Old-Fashioned Way

By John Walters on Thursday, August 1, 2002.

Demitra Papadinis is the artistic director of the New England Shakespeare Festival. Her company does Shakespeare the way it was originally done: with almost no rehearsal, with very little chance for actors to prepare, and a whole lot of spontaneity, energy, and occasional chaos. www.newenglandshakespeare.org

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TV Ads Dominate Republican Governors Race

By Doug MacPherson on Thursday, August 1, 2002.

There was a time when New Hampshire governors races were waged primarily through media coverage. Those days are gone. Gradually, over the last two decades, television advertising has emerged as the single most important component of any statewide campaign for governor. This year, however, the amount of TV advertising by Republican candidates has reached a level that, just a few years ago, few political observers thought possible. NHPR's Doug MacPherson reports.

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New Life for "The Strangest Farm on Earth"

By Darrell Halen on Thursday, August 1, 2002.

It's been more than a dozen years since Benson's Wild Animal Farm in Hudson went out of business. Benson's opened in 1924 and attracted thousands of visitors before financial problems forced it to close in 1988. Now the town of Hudson hopes to acquire the property to develop a park. NHPR Correspondent Darrell Halen visited the site of what was once billed as the "Strangest Farm on Earth." He files this report.

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