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Won't you be a fool for me?" "Staying Up in the City" will never make commercial radio and neither will "Radio" which thumbs its nose at the medium while summing up Duncan's career: "When I'm a loser I don't take it well But I don't choose to make everything to A brilliant blend of mime music and conversation! Thursday Friday and Saturday evening performances Group Senior citizen and Thursday evening discounts! Call early for the best seats A sure hit! Toll-free from Raleigh Durham and Chapel Hill STo? TIM Won? Wz 549-8951 or 549-8631 ext o's I Yetitt 11 GET off 566 or anywhere In NC tiviri4k ivskst 1-800-682-1229 41 'Ott? ET Of 0) you tileGovernors Inn NC 54 1-40 at Davis Drive Exit O' 280 Pesedrdh Triangle Park NC 27709.