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Word: alex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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DURING an episode of "Family Ties," big brother Alex P. Keaton, the self-proclaimed genius of the family, forced younger sister Jennifer to undergo a neurotic academic experience, convincing her to read volumes of case law and dress as the Statue of Liberty for her seventh grade oral report on "How a Bill Becomes...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: A Lot to Learn | 12/7/1988 | See Source »

...Alex wanted his youngest sister to win the coveted Thomas Dewey Award for Academic Excellence, which he had received for three consecutive years. With his trademark snideness, he lamented the "dry season" in academic awards that his family had experienced during "The Mallory Years"--the time when his ditzy, fashion-concious sister, Mallory, was in junior high school...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: A Lot to Learn | 12/7/1988 | See Source »

There is probably some danger in looking to a situation comedy for serious cultural messages, but Alex's behavior struck me as pretty realistic. It has become standard in this nation for us to judge intelligence--an extremely subjective thing--on a very objective and structural scale of grades, standardized test scores and academic honors...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: A Lot to Learn | 12/7/1988 | See Source »

...Captain Alex Konovalchik, at 190 lbs., took six points by default when his Springfield man left the mat with a bloody mouth in the first period. Konovalchik also sang the blues, hardly changing his teammate's lyrics...

Author: By Sandra Block, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Grapplers Pin Springfield, 26-18 | 12/7/1988 | See Source »

...Brett Jamis and Tim Kierstead also wrestled some good matches but didn't come up with a place," said Captain Alex Konovalchik...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Cole Digs up Victory; Wrestlers Take Eighth | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

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