Word: duking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just a nebbish when it comes to affairs of the heart. I mean, she's had two husbands, and they didn't work out. Well, a couple of weeks ago, she got married again. This time, it was a Russian! And not your ex-duke kind of Russian you see around some of the smart places in Paris and Miami Beach, mind you, but an ordinary Commie, if you'll pardon my French. I'll call him Sergei...
...wowing crowds in his "Blizzard of '78" sweater) and from Ed King (former Massport director and All-American footballer). Operating on a shoestring budget (her sevenmember staff receives just $500 a week), Ackermann must compete with the media blitzes and black-tie fund-raisers of King and the "Duke." "Massachusetts voters are very sophisticated," says the former Cambridge mayor and veteran of five years on the Cambridge School Committee and ten on the Cambridge City Council. "Often, it's those who didn't go to Harvard who are more sophisticated," she says from her Central Square headquarters...
...your story on Prince Charles, "The Man Who Will Be King" [May 15], you recalled the strong prejudices the Duke of Windsor held for men of color by contrast with the liberal attitude of the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales...
...most influential newspaper in the Bahamas], had called at Government House to tender his respects. Windsor, who was standing just outside the main gate, dismissed Dupuch with the withering comment: 'Colored people to the tradesmen's entrance.' " TIME cites this as an example of the duke's treatment of colored Bahamians...
...time during the Duke of Windsor's governorship of the Bahamas did I call on him at Government House to pay my respects. It is true, however, that the duke had no time for people of color. And he did not hesitate to show his feelings in words and deeds...