Word: duck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bathtub falls in and electrocutes him. "He died for the 6:30 news, Lord. For the sins of the 6:30 news," wails Mary's friend Loretta Haggers, who happened to be out of the room at the crucial moment, hunting for the reverend's rubber duck. Meanwhile, Loretta's oversexed husband Charlie-shot in the groin in a tussle with Jimmy Joe's dad, Merle Jeeter-prepares stoically for television's first testicle transplant. As for good ole Merle, he becomes a "born-again" politician. Also tripping into view will be a Miss Tippytoes...
...Mother's Best Home Fried Chicken. Designer Pauline Trigere, wearing an elegant Trigere gown, made Spaghetti Pauline. Actor Joel Grey and Wife Jo prepared Mexican Quesadillas. First prize (a basket of wines and liquor) went to New York magazine's resident gourmet, Gael Greene, who made roast duck with figs...
...Restic must have done a rain dance during halftime, or at least politely suggested to his team that it had better ignore the showers or else, because the Crimson took the kickoff and moved to the Big Red 8, before Mike Lynch kicked a real wobbly duck of a field goal, 25 yards to be exact, and Harvard...
...order to persuade, it is first important to admit that there are two sides to the discussion of admissions. Crying racist and claiming that Davis's supporters are attacking all minority students' competence duck the conservatives' insistence on maintaining standards of excellence in the first two years' academic work for all students, an argument that must be challenged. What is needed is an honest attack pointing up the limited link that these standards have with providing better distribution of health care in America...
After last fall's Crimson heroics that culminated in a wobbly duck of a Mike Lynch field goal for Harvard's first undisputed Ivy title, rumors of Restic's departure were rivaled only by tales that Henry Kissinger was returning to international relations...