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...first period Fordham pulled to within five, aided by a technical on the Harvard bench and the offensive rebounding of Dud (pronounced "Dude") Tongal, a 7-ft, reserve center from Sudan who spells T. K. Tripucka (the older brother of Notre Dame's Kelly Tripucka...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Cagers Shear Rams, 87-82, in IAB Debut | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

Another reason for the success of imports is that U.S. automakers have dealt in the small-car market with their left hands. They have done little more than scale down existing models to meet the challenge of foreign competition. Chevrolet's Vega has been a dud; the Chevette is cramped and lacks style, and so does Ford's Pinto, despite its healthy sales. Detroit does share indirectly in the import boom through sales of autos built abroad by subsidiaries or affiliates of U.S. companies. That includes such models as the Dodge Colt, the Plymouth Arrow and the Buick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Floodtide for Imports | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

Bombshell No. 1-which happily turned out to be a dud-was the announcement that Menachem Begin, hawkish leader of the victorious right-wing Likud coalition in the election a fortnight ago, had been rushed to a Tel Aviv hospital complaining of chest pains. That raised doubts about whether Begin, 63, who had suffered a serious heart attack only two months ago, was well enough to head a new government. The Likud leader, however, quickly recovered from what turned out to be exhaustion and a mild bout of angina pectoris, and astonished his countrymen by dropping bombshell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Begin's Surprise Maneuver | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

...might have their own use for Parsons' manual. What do the following songs have in common: Beautiful Dreamer, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Summertime, Easter Parade, You're the Top, and Yes, We Have No Bananas'? In Parsons' code they all share the opening signature *DUD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Name That Tune | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

...Leverett 3 1 Quincy 2 2 Adams 0 5 Currier 0 5 Winthrop 5 0 Eliot 3 2 South 3 2 Mather 2 2 North 1 2 Dunster 1 4 Dudley 1 4 BASEBALL Kirkland 3 0 Lowell 1 0 Quincy 1 3 Leverett 0 2 Dun-Dud 0 2 Winthrop 3 0 Adams 1 0 Mather 0 1 Eliot 0 2 Curr...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intramurals | 5/6/1975 | See Source »

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