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Word: duking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kennedy? Where did it all begin? If Mike Dukakis hadn't gotten stomped way back on September 19, well, none of this would be happening now. Remember, Ed King and his gang weren't quite sure they would be able to "Dump the Duke" or the "Dukakis Jewdiciary"--not quite sure because when it finally happened Ed himself looked pretty surprised. But they did it in a big way, leaving Frank Hatch to face a Democrat who drove people like his running mate, Tommy O'Neill, into complete silence. Frank Hatch was not prepared for the block of Democrats...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: You Sure You Want a Governor? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...with its award-winning and much-beloved predecessor. Chief among these are intelligence and taste. The series is as handsomely produced, the Edwardian settings and costumes as lush and authentic, as any devotee of 165 Eaton Place could possibly wish. But Louisa Leyton, the heroine of The Duchess of Duke Street, would never pass muster with Hudson or Mrs. Bridges. She is impertinent, aggressive, and, worst of all, neither keeps her peace nor knows her place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: There's a Small Hotel | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Krueger is also a former professor, whose specialty is Shakespearean literature. He quickly climbed the success ladder at Duke University to become dean of arts and sciences, just as he has scaled it in Texas politics. And he makes no bones about the fact that he wants to be President someday. Bob Krueger, to say the least, is an ambitious...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Pissants and Pablum | 10/27/1978 | See Source »

...brotherly love and friendship like a conniving Sammy Davis Jr.? Spare me, Mr. Kilson, I will not stoop so low. As for your concept of success, take a look at all of the past few years' graduates presently enrolled at Harvard Law, Business, and Medical Schools, Stanford Law School, Duke Medical School, University of Chicago Law School, and a long list of others just as impressive. Let me tell you now that these are people whom I knew, who helped me as a struggling pre-freshman and freshman, and who "hung out" all or mostly black. Are they failures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Response to Kilson | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

...Post War Eras, Charles Maier, Duke Univ., Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: Oct. 12-Oct. 18 | 10/12/1978 | See Source »

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