Word: duked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps because royal marriages begin so grandly, their endings always seem a bit pathetic, more fizz than bang. So it was that last Wednesday, 27 reporters and a civilian were the only ones present when the names of SARAH FERGUSON, Duchess of York, and PRINCE ANDREW, Duke of York, were on the list of 29 couples granted a decree nisi (a.k.a. a "quickie divorce") in a three-minute ceremony. The prince was holed up in his navy barracks, and the duchess was smothering her sadness in the snows of Switzerland, accompanied by daughters BEATRICE, 7 and EUGENIE, 6. "Of course...
...offers myriad fascinating examples of the fragility of the royal world. Bradford previously wrote a biography of George VI, and the strongest chapters of this book deal with Elizabeth's first 30 years, where Bradford's sources are strongest. The pages teem with hardy secondary players--the spoiled, resentful Duke of Windsor; the Queen Mother, tough as tacks but effervescently charming; the ambitious, meddling Lord Louis Mountbatten...
...When we beat Duke we played as a team, and we have been lacking that in the past few games," sophomore Mike Ferrucci said...
Earlier in the season, Harvard started off with four straight wins, including one against 13th-ranked Duke...
...considering Duke University's School of the Environment," he says. "They offer a Ph.D. in Environmental Management, as well as other life sciences programs within which I can run wild and adopt the programs to my goals...