Word: duking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...found Paul Duke, Jr.'s windy (approximately 2000 word) review of my book, "Poisoned Ivy," very entertaining...
...Duke goes to great length to call into question the accuracy of the opening chapter, which recounts a particular event in which I was attacked and, in fact, bitten by a Dartmouth College official for distributing copies of The Dartmouth Review. But in his zeal to score a hit (or perhaps in his frustration at not being able to) Mr. Duke ends up misinforming his readers. He makes the following assertion: "What Mr. Hart does not mention anywhere in his book, however, is that the administrator was slapped with a week's suspension from work, a court imposed fine...
...bring Cambridge's medieval curriculum into the 19th century to suit his taste for math and the sciences. Nor was that all. Albert initiated the Crystal Palace exhibition of modern industry, as of 1851. He fought to abolish dueling. He promoted the Christmas tree. He composed music for the Duke of Wellington's funeral. He managed a lot of little things well. Yet even this doting biographer concedes that he was "excessively conscientious on quite minor matters." Albert died at 42, almost as much from overwork as from influenza...
Nevertheless, a date with second ranked Duke in Durham, N.C. next month figures to bring an end to this streak real soon...
...heavily recruited by North Carolina and Duke, and he did not at first seriously consider enrolling at Harvard. But Bernie McGregot '73 former assistant coach at DeMatha, told Ferry about the Crimson program, and he "put the bug in my car," the senior recalls...