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When asked if his store was selling an unusually high number of fans, Dickson's Hardware manager Edward Santamaria said, "I don't know. I'm not down here...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Summer at Harvard, and the Heat is On | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

Rottenberg and Morris said they were carrying Dukakis-Bentsen signs, which they planned to distribute to supporters when Harry Ellis Dickson, Kitty Dukakis' father and a former conductor of the Boston Pops, directed the Harvard Band at halftime. When Morris left with the signs, Rottenberg, who was carrying a closed bag of campaign T-shirts, was again prevented from entering the stadium...

Author: By Robert J. Weiner, | Title: Liberties Group Requests Inquiry of Stadium Sign Ban | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

After a debut performance at the Harvard Field Day--an event for Harvard staff members and their families at at the Palmer-Dickson Indoor Tennis Courts, Boston Pops Assistant Conductor Harry Ellis Dickson led the musicians in their halftime performance of "Soldiers in the Field" and "Seventy-six Trombones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seventy-Six Trombones Parade | 10/11/1988 | See Source »

...This is the second time I've done this. Six months ago, I did "Seventy-six Trombones" in Mason City for my son-in-law, [presendential candidate] Mike Dukakis," Dickson said. "It's fun for me to be here and I love trombones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seventy-Six Trombones Parade | 10/11/1988 | See Source »

WORST THEME SONG. Although intelligently conducted by Kitty Dukakis' father, retired associate director of the Boston Pops Harry Ellis Dickson, Fanfare for Michael Dukakis was a freeze-dried composition by Corporate Composer John Williams, also responsible for NBC's bloated theme song. Dubbed Fanfare for a Son-in-Law, the piece brings to mind Mark Twain's crack about Wagner's music being "better than it sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats: The Best and Brightest, the Worst and Dimmest | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

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