Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whacks, I'll thump," vowed Democrat Alan Dixon early in his race against Republican Dave O'Neal for the Illinois Senate seat being vacated by Adlai Stevenson III, who is retiring. So far, Dixon has kept his word, and the contest has turned into a name-calling slugfest...
...Dixon, 53, a hearty, backslapping professional politician, was first elected a state representative at age 22 and has since served as state senator, state treasurer and now secretary of state. All together he has won 14 primaries and 13 general elections. Dixon, who calls himself a centrist, supports the Equal Rights Amendment, which is stalled three states short of final approval, but opposes extending the deadline for ratification beyond June 30, 1982. He backs SALT II but with substantial reservations...
...Neal, 43, a 220-lb. ex-Marine with a black belt in karate, has no qualms about taking on Dixon. Says O'Neal: "I've always accomplished what I've set out to do -running for office or becoming a good bowler." Ten years ago, when he was a pharmacist in rural Belleville, he decided to run for sheriff when a deputy took two days to answer a complaint by O'Neal's wife about a prowler. O'Neal won handily, fired the deputy and soon made a name for himself by packing...
Taking all six singles crowns and two out of three doubles titles at Harvard's ITT and Palmer Dixon courts, the netwomen sent the B.U., B.C., Brandeis, MIT, Northeastern and Tufts teams home without much cheer...
Other strong Harvard finishes included Bruce Weber (32:32), Adam Dixon (32:42) and Paul Jacobs...