Word: duke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What holds of Joel Martin holds equally of Thomas Segall, the Duke of Plaza-Toro. His hen-pecked pomposity, always delightful, is the converse of his wife's (Judith Press) graceful rhinocerosity...
Touring the Middle East under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, Duke Ellington and his band found themselves caught in the middle of a coup in Iraq last week. Fascinated by the goings-on, the Duke promised to compose a new piece, "The Baghdad Rock-and I do mean rocking with rockets, bombs...
...Duke might just as well write another piece called the Damascus Reel, for Syria, too, underwent a shakeup, quieter but no less significant. Behind the sudden shuffle of Middle Eastern leaders was a power struggle inside a strange new political force, the Baath (Renaissance) Party, which in little less than a year has turned from a shadowy, clandestine movement without popular support into a dynamic power challenging Gamal Abdel Nasser for leadership of the Arab world...
...Coast's Big Six, and 15-2 with the rest of the world. A few of the Big Five's bigger conquests: Washington, Washington State, Rice, Ohio State, Maryland, Michigan, Air Force, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oregon State, California, U.C.L.A. Last week, Navy's Roger Staubach scuppered Duke practically singlehanded, 38-25; Syracuse took Richmond like Grant 50-0; and Penn State stayed Bowl-bound by licking Holy Cross 28-14. In a head-on Eastern collision, Pitt downed Army...
...carries off, but what he falls into and messes up." For five straight weeks this season, Texas has ranked as the nation's No. 1 college team, and last week it avenged that lone T.C.U. defeat by holding T.C.U. to 34 yds. on the ground while Texas Quarterback Duke Carlisle mixed straightforward runs with pass-option plays to gain an economical 150 yds. In true Royal style, Texas' sophomore backs Phil Harris and Tommy Stockton scored twin touchdowns on little-bitty three-yard runs; shoeless Placekicker Tony Crosby added the insult by running his string of conversions...