Word: duked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think people feel it's unfortunate and feel sorry for the people involved, but people don't make judgments," says Allan Kornberg, chairman of Duke's political science department. "If I had an undergraduate who wanted to come to Harvard, I'd say, 'Great, it's a great place...
Testing of the drug on AIDS victims, most of them with advanced cases, began in July at the cancer institute and at Duke University. About 12 to 18 patients will be enrolled in the studies...
...Stanley Duke, 45, is the advertising manager for a London daily newspaper. The fact that his first wife Nowell walked out on him after twelve years still rankles Stanley, when he bothers to think of it. His second wife Susan, assistant editor of a literary weekly, is both a cut or two above him in class and still devoted after 2 1/2 years of marriage. All in all, Stanley's life suits him just fine. He passes for a liberated gent, supporting his wife's career and ordering drinks for ladies who drop in at one of his favorite pubs...
...other side of the field are the hellish nicknames: the Sun Devils (Arizona State), the Blue Devils (Duke), the Delta Devils (Mississippi Valley State) and the Demons (Northwestern State...
These mysterious events prompt an investigation by a shrewd, vinegary London barrister named Henry Ayscough, acting on behalf of a duke whose son is believed to be the vanished traveler. Most of the novel unfolds through Ayscough's persistent, painstaking inquiry, and it makes gripping reading indeed, part detective story, part crackling courtroom drama. A vivid gallery of the English underclasses passes under the lawyer's scrutiny. Testimony is offered on London brothel life, moonlit rituals at Stonehenge, witchcraft and an odd prefiguring of science fiction in a cavern beneath the Devon moors...