Word: duking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Marie B. Morris Associate Managing Editor HARVARD 35-14 Dartmouth 27-19 Pennsylvania 45-14 Columbia 24-23 3-3 8-10 .444 Jeffrey A. Zucker Sports Editor HARVARD 24-21 Dartmouth 16-9 Brown 30-15 Princeton 40-20 2-4 11-7 .611 Paul Duke Jr. '85 Washington Bureau Chief Guest Selector Tie 29-29 Yale 17-14 Pennsylvania 28-7 Princeton 35-31 Todd A. Valdes '85 Brent Wilkinson's Roommate Birthday Boy Guest Selector HARVARD 24-0 Dartmouth 24-14 Pennsylvania 21-10 Princeton 35-14 Issac Kramntck '59 Cornell Government Department Chairman Guest Selector HARVARD...
...been just as activist as the Warren Court, willing to second-guess other branches of Government and read new meaning into the Constitution. But unlike the Warren Court, which had a clear moral vision, especially toward the havenots, the Burger Court has lacked any coherent overarching theme. Says Duke University Law School Professor William Van Alstyne: "Many cases are just a muddle. The legal tests being developed now are as complicated and picayune as the Internal Revenue Code...
...action soon shifts to Wooster's uncle's estate. Here Duke plays Jeeves, Wooster, Edwin-the-Beastly-Boy-Scout, the Fiance Florence, and Lord Lorpsdon; you hardly know where the fellow will pop up next...
After a 30-second costume change--Duke, poor blighter, is showing his age--scene two pops up, with Reginald Jeeves as official narrator. This scene involves a vacation and a speech to a girls' school full of schoolgirls, and it collects its share of laughs. The picture of the impeccable Jeeves devolving into Wooster or a starched headmistress is, in itself, enough to supply a right humorous air to the scene. The second act is more of this good stuff: a friendly poke at beastly aunts, a discourse on the proper waistcoat, and a drunken tirade shouted by a lovesick...
...Duke has niftily navigated around the major iceberg of one man shows, the annoying tendency of audiences to become tired of the actor. By switching characters like the Queen switches hats, he keeps each fresh and chirpy. Duke has simply enormous energy as he cavorts about the stage. His timing lags a bit when he assumes a Jeevesian demeanor, but his Wooster is quite rummy, a perfectly charming chump, and his portrayal of Gussie Fink-Nottle, the newt-lover, is rather amphibious...