Word: duked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...various labs, starting at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1951, and working at different times in Copenhagen, Denmark and Cambridge, England. After 1958 Tosteson quickly worked his way up through the ranks of academic medicine, becoming a professor and chairman of the departments of physiology and pharmacology at the Duke University School of Medicine in 1961. While at Duke he became involved in national research groups and physicians' organizations, and served as chairman of the Association of American Medical Colleges...
...this time, the scribes turned upon their own players. When King George hired Duke Billy to manage the Yankees, the problems grew. The Yankees got a new castle to play in as a gift from the rulers of York, who rebuilt the Castle of Ruth, which had been the Yankee's home for so long. And this gift smelled of corruption, so the scribes talked badly of it. Also, Duke Billy was a controversial sort, and he had problems with his players, especially Sir Reginald, who always seemed to fall off his horse...
...Inspiring the Duke of Edinburgh to compose this unrhythrnic doggerel: "Freddie Laker/ May be at peace with his Maker/ But he is persona non grata/ With IATA...
...feature article consists of an interview with "the next 'Duke'." This turns out to be Patrick Wayne--son of the old man of the cinematic West. Catherine Guinness simpers her way through their conversation with unoriginal remarks like "Maybe stardom isn't all it's cracked up to be?" Then she gushes unabashedly "You're better looking than the new Superman." He swallows her flattery greedily and easily...
Dworkin's theories have created shock waves among jurisprudential scholars, and much of the response is sharply critical. Says Duke University Law Professor George Christie: "Dworkin misconceives what legal decision making is all about. He views it as the search for right answers rather than a process for producing adequate justifications for legal decisions. Actual cases are simply too complicated to abstract into clear rights and clear duties...