Word: duking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, Granieri rejects the attitude taken by other campus activists--both liberal and conservative--who, he says, prefer provocation to reasoned discussion. When the Conservative Club invited South African Vice Counsel Duke Kent Brown to speak at Harvard three years ago, Granieri opposed the speech on the grounds that it was conceived less for its educational value than as a way to engage angry opponents. The speech ended in a shouting match and a blockade by some students, who were later charged with impeding the South African's freedom of speech...
February 8: The men's basketball team almost upsets Duke, succumbing, 89-86, in Briggs Cage...
Spring 1988 thru Spring 1989--The search committee accepts resumes, receiving more than 300. After interviewing candidates, the committee narrows the field to a short list of six, including Duke University Professor Anne F. Scott, Harvard Professor of Law Martha L. Minow and Yale Professor of Psychology Judith Rodin...
Earlier this spring the post was unofficially offered to Yale Professor of Psychology Judith Rodin, who later declined it. In addition, several other candidates--including Harvard Law School Professor Martha L. Minow and Duke University Professor Anne F. Scott--were seriously considered for the post until they removed themselves from consideration...
...deal, until the Boston Herald ran a picture of the Chevy with its spanking-new inspection sticker in the window and the Governor and his driver standing nearby. Headline: DUKE FAILS TO STICK TO INSPECT LAW. Before long, the crack drive-time team at one of Cape Cod's largest radio stations began repeating the story, complete with sirens in the background, advising listeners that they too could avoid tickets if only they had a Governor riding in the backseat. The "Backseat Governor" spots tapped a well of venom toward Dukakis, who recently jacked up registration and driver's-license...