Word: derrick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final installment of his fiction trilogy, Professor of Law Derrick Bell devises a scheme to blow up the Harvard Coop when it won't invite him to hold a book-signing/wine and brie party there. Bell is awarded a $10 million contract by Paramount Pictures to turn the episode into a screenplay...
Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, who gave the central speech in the service, said King was "hated, feared and finally killed because he spoke in prophetic terms" against the Vietnam war and against the United States' "failure to continue its war against poverty and inequality at home...
...Bengals also benefited from a roughing penalty late in the third quarter against Derrick Burroughs in the end zone for which the cornerback was ejected. It came after Woods was thrown for a three-yard loss and gave Cincinnati a first-and-goal...
Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, who has himself turned to fiction in his recent work on civil rights law, recalls the discussion between Gates and Huggins: "Basically, they said that the great thrust of Afro-American history was to correct the record--to show that Black folk played a very important role," Bell says. "But the historical role tended to be a correction of the record, while the literary people can provide a continuous range of views about the record...
Harvard's top finishers were freshman Derrick Horner, who placed second in both the 55-meter dash in 6.49 seconds and the long jump with an effort of 22 ft., 9 1/2-in., and Captain Don LaVigne, who won the 400-meter race in 50.02 seconds and earned third place in the pole vault with an eight-foot jump. Both Horner and LaVigne ran for Harvard's winning mile relay...