Search Details

Word: duked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...final games in sports, none delivers on its annual promises more consistently than college basketball's national championship. Another stirring finish last week carried Louisville over Duke, 72-69, by the caprice in the fading seconds of a Cardinal shot so badly missed that only another Louisville man was in a position to jump for the ball: 6-ft. 9-in. Freshman Pervis Ellison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kentucky's No. 1 Team | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...Boitano zoomed from fourth place to first on the strength of a bravura jitterbugging performance to Gershwin and the blues. Thomas "just got inspired" after watching Boitano, and the next night, instead of playing it safe to protect a slight lead, she came on strong to a combination of Duke Ellington and ballet music in a program that contained four triple jumps, including a tricky triple-double toe-loop combination. "I don't believe it," said a tearful Thomas, who is the first black world champion ever in skating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 31, 1986 | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Then there's the recent field goal shooting ups and downs of freshman guard Gielen. The Bowie, Md. native shot 4-for-6 against Brandeis right after exam period and 3-for-4 at Duke, only to fall to 1-for-7 in the following game against Yale...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: The Curse of the Big Green First Halves | 2/12/1986 | See Source »

...zombie drug, resembling dry black dirt, contains toads, sea worms, lizards, tarantulas, and human bones. When rubbed on someone's skin, (as the Haitian masseuse did to Duke), the victim becomes nauseous and begins to have breathing difficulties in a number of hours. Following a pins and needles sensation, the victim becomes paralyzed, his lips turning blue from lack of oxygen. Soon, his metabolism is so low that his condition is indistinguishable from death...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Find Explains Duke's `Death' | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...satisfied with Duke's miraculous recovery? You should be, because, when the chips were down, Trudeau, a Yalie, knew where to turn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Find Explains Duke's `Death' | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

Previous | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | Next