Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yesterday, B.U. literally did not have a prayer, as Harvard dominated with an 8-1 victory at the Palmer Dixon Tennis Center...
Moments after the Wang match, freshman Melissa McNabb, in her first appearance at Palmer Dixon, clinched the Crimson victory with another three-set triumph, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, over Jenn Manning. Rachel Pollock finished off the Harvard sweep of the singles with a win over Linda...
...Dukes of Hazzard," "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Hee Haw." Even "Matlock" and "Designing Women," which at least depict intelligent characters, depend on quaint Southern accents, romanticized Southern situations and hackneyed Southern expressions for their appeal. Face it--no one expects the sophistication of "L.A. Law" south of the Mason-Dixon Line...
...While Dixon's last-minute surge of support was helped by a series of editorial endorsements from the Washington Post, another candidate got by nicely without its approval. Eleanor Holmes Norton, former chief of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, became the Democratic nominee for the District's nonvoting seat in Congress. The Post withheld its support after the news broke just before election day that Norton and her husband had not filed city tax returns from...
During the campaign, Dixon frequently attacked bloat in the District's 47,000-member public work force, vowing to fire 2,000 managerial-level employees to offset the city's projected $93 million deficit. She may have trouble delivering on her promise, which would require the consent of the D.C. city council. That body could include none other than Marion Barry, who is running as an independent for a council seat in November...