Word: 81st
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conservatives vastly outnumber liberals and the lush estates of the wealthy border the trim wood-and-stucco bungalows of the middle class. But there was a deeper shade of red last week on the faces of national Republican leaders over what the residents of Metairie, who populate Louisiana's 81st legislative district, had wrought. Some 78% of the district's 21,464 registered voters, only 52 of whom are black, had turned out to give a vacant statehouse seat to David Duke, 38, a former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan who recently converted...
...cult for himself. His portrait does not adorn government offices, and his ancestral home in Sichuan, though well maintained, is virtually unknown to Chinese citizens. Still, the man and the "revolution" are inseparable, and Deng's personal popularity appears to be on the increase. At the time of his 81st birthday last month, the Chinese press published a freshly written song in his honor. After twice repeating the words "Xiaoping, hello," the lyrics continue: "Lands frozen in the past today are becoming fertile/ Ships grounded in the past today weigh anchor and sail/ Things lost in the past today...
...York Yankees announced the signing of free-agent outfielder Steve Kemp yesterday, making it the second major transaction of baseball's 81st Winter Meetings...
...with puck on the ice," reads the Harvard hockey media guide. Reserved, he is, Reflective, yes. Circumspect, of course. But perhaps most of all, Watson should be labelled authentic. He presents himself as he is, and takes action only within prescribed limits. Especially in his role as Harvard's 81st captain...
...ambled onto the green. Crouched in his Ben Crenshaw-like putting stance, Nathaniel Crosby, 19, shot a final glance at the pin, coolly sank the 15-ft. birdie putt, then jubilantly leaped into the arms of his caddie, Joby Ross. Bing Crosby's son had just won the 81st U.S. Amateur Golf Championship. Off course, the University of Miami junior displayed all the easygoing awshucksness of his late father, but during play he proved to be a scrappy, tenacious opponent. Coming back from four holes down during the final afternoon round, Nathaniel scrambled over San Francisco's Olympic...